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From café
to compost
The college working in partnership with
Accrington Prospects Foundation,
Hyndburn’s community environmental
charity has received funding from the Waste
Action Grant through Global Renewables,
Lancashire Operations Limited to construct a
unit that would house the college composter.
Accrington & Rossendale College reduces its
food waste to landfill
The Rocket composter loaned to the college
by Church Prospects Panel has enabled the
college to reduce its overall food waste from its
Refectory’s on campus to landfill by 100% and at
the same time providing compost for the college
grounds.
The photographs show members of the college
staff involved in the composting process.
Composting is the natural process of
decomposition and recycling of organic material
into a humus rich soil known as compost.
Composting benefits the environment in many
ways. When you compost your food scraps, you
produce a nutrient rich soil, it is also an effective
way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Many people believe that throwing food scraps
into landfill is harmless because the materials
biodegrade. However, most people are surprised
to learn that when these materials break down in
a landfill they rot anaerobically (without oxygen)
and become powerful contributors to greenhouse
gas emissions.
As well as converting food waste to a green use
through the compost system, the reduction of
waste sent to landfill due to onsite composting
reduces transportation costs and landfill
charges. Composting is the natural process of
decomposition and recycling of organic material
into a humus rich soil known as compost.
Composting benefits the environment in many
ways. When you compost your food scraps, you
produce a nutrient rich soil, it is also an effective
way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Excellence in all we do
8
April.2012