Home Composting from Garbage to Garden

Would you like to learn about composting and worm composting?

Do you need help establishing a compost bin in your household?

Feel you could do more to help Environment and reduce waste treatment costs?

I can help you!

I am a Master Composter, which is a volunteer trained through a Scheme developed in a partnership between Norfolk City Council and Organic Garden to promote composting among local communities.

There are around 500 Master Composters in UK, developing efforts to help people who would like to start a compost project or giving information in a wide range of situations.

I can offer free advice on how to start composting, what does it take, what is it for, and what kind of options are available.

If you are already making compost, and have any kind of doubts, please feel free to email me your questions, and I will be happy to help you.

I am also available to attend seminars in organizations, schools or events, raising awareness of the benefits of composting, encouraging more people to compost at home and support those already composting to ensure they are successful in their home composting activities.

Feel free to browse my webpage to get more information. It will be updated weekly, with all kinds of explanations on how to do it, events and informative blogs to help you through.

Just email [email protected]

or visit

www.mastercomposternorwich.spaces.live.com

www.homecomposting.org.uk

This is a service completely free of charge.

Sandra Almeida

07531255230

Please see more information below:

Who are Master Composters?
Master Composters are volunteers who encourage people in their local community to start composting at home, and offer support to people who are already home composting and may be having difficulties or need encouragement.

Anyone can be a Master Composter – you do not have to already be an expert in composting as Master Composters are trained in ‘how to compost’ before they start their activities. There are Master Composters of every age group and they come from a wide variety of backgrounds. This contributes to the effectiveness of the scheme – Master Composters can reach parts that other compost promoting activities cannot reach as they talk to their friends, family and neighbours, attend village fairs and it has even been know for a Master Composter to hold a compost-themed children’s birthday party!

Examples of volunteer work carried out by Master Composters:

Talks:
– Schools – those with gardens and those that don’t, which may need encouragement
– Youth groups – especially those involved with voluntary work in the gardening world
– Allotment groups and gardening clubs
– Young Farmers groups
– Horticultural societies
– Guest speakers at evening classes in Gardening

Demonstrations:
– Schools
– Neighbourhood events e.g. village fetes, fund raising events and Community days.
– Local garden centres
– To your next-door neighbours
– Set up a home compost demonstration site

Written articles:
– Promotion in the local press – the benefits of home made compost
– Articles in the gardening section of the local paper
– Promotion of the local sales of green waste compost
– Newsletters for allotment groups or local resident community groups
– Articles in Parish/Community/ Church Magazines (see later for examples)

Other promotion ideas:
– Help promote future sales of compost bins
– Help develop education programmes for schools and colleges
– Help at council run roadshows
– Help design leaflets
– Contribute to websites

Other ways to help:
– Set up a community composting site
– Help run a community compost site