We’re looking to support residents and community groups who might have ideas for activities and projects relating to these areas. We’re particularly looking to support activities that promote home composting and the reduction of household food waste, although this would not necessarily be the primary focus of activities.
Why these two issues?
We’re focusing on household food waste as it makes up almost 70% of all food waste in the UK and is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Eliminating household food waste would reduce greenhouse gas emissions as much as taking a quarter of cars off the road!
We’re also encouraging people to home compost as it’s the most environmentally friendly way of dealing with any food that does get wasted, and it’s of course a way to recycle ‘waste’ into a valuable resource: compost!
