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Master Composter Scheme for Suffolk
The Suffolk Master Composter Programme is looking for recruits!
If you have an interest in environmental issues, enjoy encouraging other
people and have a little spare time, why not be part of a friendly network
of volunteers in promoting home composting?
Did you know that approximately one third of the average household bin can
be composted?
Home composting is great for the environment because it:
- Reduces
the need to transport waste
- Reduces
methane and leachate emissions from landfill sites
- Provides
a useful product for your garden
- Reduces
the need for chemical fertilisers – saving money at the garden centre!
The Master Composter programme is run by HDRA Consultants in conjunction
with Suffolk County Council and The National Trust.
Volunteers are required to provide local, friendly advice and support to
people whom already compost and those who want to start.
Becoming a Master Composter is a great way to meet new people, learn
valuable skills and benefit from being part of a team that makes a
difference. Anyone over the age of 18 can become a Master Composter; you
don’t need to be an expert composter (or be composting at all) or have any
volunteer or community group experience.
As a volunteer you will receive training in home composting and related
environmental issues (provided by HDRA – the organic organisation), a
Master Composter resource pack and day trips including visits to a
composting site at one of The National Trust properties. All training
expenses will be paid for; you only need to provide your time. Once the
training has been completed, you will be expected to spend 30 hours
over the following year promoting home composting. These activities
will be tailored to your individual skills and could be anything from
giving a demonstration to your next-door neighbours to giving a
presentation to a class of school children or helping promote further
compost bin sales. Upon completion of the training and 30 volunteer hours
you will be awarded the title Master Composter and be invited to receive
your certificate at an award ceremony.
The first events
for Suffolk will take place in April 2004 over 3 weekends in
locations across Suffolk. There are very limited spaces available as
training is carried out in small groups. If you are interested in becoming
a Master Composter and would like further information please contact:
Louise Woolnough
Waste Awareness Campaigns Officer
Tel: 01473 583143
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