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Home Composting promotion in Kent County (UK)
Since 1996, the Kent Council has settled a home composting programme, and by adopting the first Kent Household Waste Strategy in 2003, each Kent Council municipality established realistic targets regarding home composting. The Home composting scheme has been settled in a propitious environment as 84% of Kent’s households have a garden. To successfully involve the population in home composting, some restrictions in the collection facilities are established and a municipal financing scheme is settled to subsidize compost bins. To promote home composting, collaboration with national (composting) networks has been established. From the beginning of the project all the stakeholders have been involved and brought together in the Kent Waste Open Forum. Promotional activities as radio shows, theatre events in schools were organized. Voluntary Master Composters assisting residents on how to compost at home were organized.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.kent.gov.uk/environment_and_planning/recycling_and_rubbish/the_future_for_kents_waste/kent_waste_partnership/waste_strategy_documents.aspx
General data
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Country |
UK |
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RA/LA |
Kent county |
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Population |
650.000 households (2005) (1.410.000 inhabitants in 2009) |
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Waste generated (kg/inh/y) |
Waste 791 (2007) Kent Council - Waste composted 102,2 kg/household/year (2008) Kent Council - Biowaste 205 (2010) UK |
Waste prevention activity data
| Waste flow | Bio-waste : Food waste Bio-waste : Green waste |
| Strategy | Home and community composting |
| Scale | Roll out |
| Year(s) of tde project development | since 1996 |
| Participation target | 35% of the households participate in home composting by 2010/11, a minimum of 250 active compost advisors |
| Waste reduction target | 2011-2012 targets: 18.500 tonnes food waste and soft garden waste reduction 103.000 compost bins sold +/- 185 kg/ household/year , In average, residual waste decreases to 733 kg/household/year for 2009/10 and to 704 kg/household/year by 2010/11 |
| Participation rate | 34% of Kent’s residents practise home composting in 2008, nearly 75.000 compost bin sold in 2010 200 compost advisor accredited (2008) |
| Waste quantities reduced | 13.875 tonnes of bio-waste prevented per year considering that 75.000 bins have been sold and each household compost 185 kg biowaste/ year |
| Budget | / |
