Our Aims
Raise Environmental Responsibility and Awareness
- Encourage responsibility for our environment at a local level by respecting the natural cycles and organisms that keep the earth in balance.
- Creating a virtuous cycle: The community leads this scheme for the benefit of the community, turning unwanted garden greens from the community into excellent independently analysed peat free compost, returning it back to the community
Help Address Climate Change
All “waste” creates harmful emissions. Green “waste” is collected and disposed of by road = emissions; biodegradable waste in landfill creates anaerobic decomposition producing methane. Our “waste” is a resource. Compost sequesters carbon. Use our compost to replace peat in gardening. Peat extraction releases stored carbon as CO2, a powerful greenhouse gas.
We work with Bisley Climate Action Network (BisCAN) supporting their actions and objectives
Recycle and Reuse waste locally
34% of household waste is kitchen and garden waste – this scheme reduces local green waste and produces a useable result
Help increase the fertility of local garden soils
The quality of our soils are improved by feeding them with compost, increasing fertility, and providing essential vitamins and minerals for our fruit and vegetables that in turn feed us
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