National Composting Week in Lisburn
Lisa Finn, our Waste Education Officer based in Lisburn City Council will be giving away free bags of compost at the Council’s two recycling centres on the 5th and 6th May as part of National Composting Week.The compost has been made from some of the 2,900 tonnes of garden and food waste which has been recycled through the brown bin scheme in the Lisburn area over the last seven months.
There are 250 bags available on a first come, first served basis. Lisa will be at Drunlough on Wednesday 5th and The Cutts on Thursday 6th from 9.00am to 2.00pm each day.
50 bags of brown bin compost are also being given to plot holders at the Derriaghy allotments.
At the launch of National Composting Week in Lisburn Councillor Betty Campbell, Chairman of the Council’s Environmental Services Committee, said: “Tackling the issue of food waste is an enormous challenge, not least because most of us don’t yet recognise the amount that we throw away. According to a national study undertaken in July 2008 unused food in Northern Ireland costs the average household £540 per year, increasing to £740 per year for households with children. This is an average of £50 per month of good food going to waste.”
As well as the free compost, Lisa will be providing residents of Lisburn with information and advice on composting at home, use of the brown bins and kitchen caddies and answering questions on recycling in the Lisburn City Council area.
For more information on recycling and waste management please call Lisburn’s Recycling Hotline on 0800 092 0246 or log onto www.lisburncity.gov.uk