Community Composting Comes to Ore
By Rachel Holtom
On a beautiful, sunny and crisp Saturday morning, 30 people braved the cold and went along to Ore community centre to celebrate the launch of Hastings Compost Community’s 5th composting hub. Children coloured in worm colouring sheets, delicious cakes were eaten, tea and coffee drunk, and much enthusiasm was expressed about this great project which is gathering so much momentum in Hastings and St Leonards.
Rhiannon Flood was particularly delighted as it was her original idea and dream, commenting: “I’ve achieved my ambition and I can now compost my waste near to where I live, which I’ve wanted to do for many years.”
Instead of valuable kitchen waste going to landfill, where it creates greenhouse gases and contributes to the rubbish mountains we produce each day; people without a garden can join the scheme and take their vegetable waste to the nearest hub where it will be converted into nutrient rich soil.
If you would like to join the scheme or to find out if a hub is likely to open near to you, email: [email protected]
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