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Get back to earth with International Compost Awareness Week

International Compost Awareness Week aims to improve awareness of the importance of compost-valuable organic resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products.

If home composting is not an option, residents are encouraged to utilise their green lid bin for all food and garden waste.

Council would also like to congratulate residents on an improved use of the green lid bin. For the month of April the contamination rate reduced to 3.5 percent with the aim to get below 3 percent.

In the first four months of 2017 Greater Shepparton composted 2,510 tonnes of food and garden waste which is the equivalent weight of 2,897 cows.

Heinz Kausche Manager Works and Waste said “It is extremely important and beneficial to compost food and garden waste as local farmers and backyard gardeners use the organic waste by returning it back to earth, improving the health of our soils and making our land more productive.” “By participating in the green lid bin service or composting at home residents are making a difference, ensuring that organic waste does not end up in our local landfill and helping protect the environment from harmful gases,” said Mr. Kausche.

“We encourage residents to continue home composting and please remember that you can use your green lid bin for items that are a little trickier to compost such as noxious weeds, stone fruit kernels, avocado seeds, onion skins, bones and meat scraps.”

If you would like to learn more about how your food and garden waste from the green lid bin is composted, register for the upcoming Follow Your Rubbish Tour.

CLICK HERE for green waste information, contact Council’s customer service on 03 5832 9700 or email waste@shepparton.vic.gov.au