Garden Organic, in conjunction with the Gloucestershire Joint Waste Team (GJWT) are looking to find volunteers who would like to become Master Composters, and are offering a free 2 day Master Composter initial training course this Spring. The course covers everything a volunteer needs in order to be confident enough to promote home and community composting within their community as a method of diverting waste. Following the training, there will be on-going support from both Garden Organic and the GJWT officers.
The sale of compost bins is one of the main ways the GWT can judge the take-up rate of home composting in Gloucestershire, and Master Composters are vital in helping us spread the word about the very reasonable compost bins that are for sale via the Recycle for Gloucestershire website:
http://www.recycleforgloucestershire.com/article/113096/Home-composting
Master Composters are also expert trouble-shooters, and have helped many residents who have come across issues when beginning to compost at home.
The promotion of composting, compost bins, and other systems can be done in a variety of ways – from writing articles for local journals, having a stall at local fetes or even just talking to neighbours. Two of the existing Master Composters even have demonstration bins available for people to look at. There is also a variety of resources that people can borrow to enhance any Master Composter stalls that they may organise, such as leaflets, tablecloths, cut-away compost bins etc. From time to time there is also the opportunity to support the Gloucestershire Joint Waste Team officers at roadshows and events throughout the county, though the most successful Master Composters are usually people who proactively look for ways to promote composting themselves.
Further information can be obtained from Katherine.cole@gloucestershire.gov.uk 01452 426525.