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Latest news in Yorkshire: Published March 18, 2019 12:30:59 PM
Children at POPS Outdoor Adventure in Rawmarsh composting their banana
skins
A major campaign is being launched to encourage more people in South
Yorkshire to help the environment by composting their kitchen and garden
waste.
The Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham (BDR) Waste Partnership are
organising competitions with prizes to get homes, schools and community
groups started. There will be a poster competition for schools and a
social media competition for residents.
Plastic compost bins are effective and easy to set up, and available at
most DIY stores and online. Rotherham residents can also order
discounted compost bins via the Council website:
https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/info/200084/bins_rubbish_and_recycling/1321/reduce_your_waste/2
Ideally compost bins should be placed on bare soil in a reasonably sunny
area. If you have to compost on concrete or hard ground, place a layer
of paper and twigs at the bottom to help worms and other creatures
colonise the bin and help the composting process.
Feed the compost bin with a 50/50 mixture of brown and green materials.
Brown materials include egg shells, cereal and tea packets, egg boxes
and scrunched up thin cardboard. Green materials include fruit waste,
tea bags, cut flowers, and vegetable peelings.
It takes between nine and 12 months for the compost to become ready for
use. Once it is, it can be used extensively in the garden, including
flowerbeds, around trees, in patio containers and on fruit and vegetable
patches.
Although the waste treatment facility at Manvers diverts 96% of
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham household waste from landfill,
composting at home gets more use out of garden waste, saves space in
bins and money on fertilisers for the garden.
Community Education Liaison Officer based at Manvers, Rebecca Wilson,
said: “It’s a win win situation because it’s beneficial for the
environment and your pocket. It builds on our previous successful
campaigns, Love Food Hate Waste, and National Recycling Week.”
Infant and junior school children in Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
will have the opportunity to design a poster to promote composting at
their school and at home. Six schools will win a compost bin and
gardening equipment.
This will be followed by a social media competition for residents of
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham with the chance for participants to
win their own compost bin.
Pictured are children at POPS Outdoor Adventure in Rawmarsh composting
their banana skins. They began composting eight months ago and the
contents of their bin are now almost ready to add nutrients to the soil
in planters ready for the new season of growing vegetables and fruit.
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