Farmers Join City to Soil

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CAP: (l-r) Agronomist Chris Houghton, City to Soil (Groundswell) Project Manager Simone Dilkara and Andrew Sieler ‘Strathmere’, Yarra, prepare for the on-farm trial of compost.


From City to Soil … farmers join unique composting trial

Two Goulburn area farmers have volunteered for a unique composting program involving organic waste from households being used to improve agricultural soils. The farmers will establish trial sites to test the benefits of compost compared to unfertilised soil and land treated with superphosphate.

Goulburn Mulwaree Council is currently preparing the compost for use on the farms. It is collected through an initiative known as City to Soil, which involves organic kitchen and garden waste being collected from some 9000 households in Goulburn and Marulan on a monthly basis.

This organic waste will then be transformed into high quality compost at Goulburn Waste Management Centre before being transported to the farms from autumn next year.

Andrew Sieler, who runs the 600 acre fine wool property ‘Strathmere’ at Yarra, said he joined City to Soil to both support efforts to reduce landfill and assess the benefits of compost in a farm environment.

"The project has a lot of potential to remove waste from landfill and put something back into soils at the same time," Mr Sieler said. "We don’t really use compost on a larger scale and it will be interesting to see what happens. If it turns out to be commercially viable for Councils and landholders then it will benefit everyone."

The second farm involved in the trial is the 800 acre Narranbulla Partnership at Marulan. Farm Manager Mark Hart, who runs Angus cattle at Narranbulla, said involvement in City to Soil provided an opportunity to further their interest in organic fertilisers and assess the viability of compost on a commercial farm.

"We have always been interested in organic fertilisers and when we saw an Expression of Interest advertised, we thought our property would be suitable for the trial," Mr Hart said.
The on-farm trial will involve both farmers setting aside approximately 30 acres of land. This will then be divided into three plots, with one left unfertilised, one treated with the commonly used superphosphate and the other fertilised with the City to Soil compost.

Agronomist Chris Houghton will oversee the trial and assess the stocking rate of each plot, measured in DSEs (Dry Sheep Equivalent). "The three plots on each property have a uniform soil type and pasture," Mr Houghton said. "Soil tests have been taken before the trial starts and we will assess each area for carrying capacity over the next two years. Both Strathmere and Narranbulla are ideal for the on-farm trials as they have large enough areas with consistent soil. Andrew and Mark are both happy to fence off around 30 acres for the trial to take place."

Mr Houghton said the Goulburn and Marulan communities had been very supportive of the City to Soil program. Organic kitchen waste, plus garden waste, has been collected from the Goulburn suburb of Eastgrove since July this year. Specially designed kitchen waste bins are now being delivered across the remainder of Goulburn and nearby Marulan.



"I have been really impressed with the level of enthusiasm shown by the community," Mr Houghton said. "City people are interested in the whole food cycle and feel that by having their organic waste composted they are contributing to the quality of food they receive and helping farmers at the same time. Particularly with the drought we have seen in recent years, City people know that farmers do it tough and want to help."

Goulburn Mulwaree is one of four Councils involved in the City to Soil Project, which is being implemented through a project known as Groundswell. The other Council areas involved are Lachlan, Palerang and Queanbeyan.

Groundswell is funded by a $1.96 million grant over three years from the NSW Environmental Trust.

MEDIA INTERVIEWS:
Please contact:
Agronomist Chris Houghton on 0409 816 433.
City to Soil (Groundswell) Project Manager Simone Dilkara on 0447 273 099.
To arrange an interview with Andrew Sieler, please call Simone Dilkara or Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s Communications Unit on 4823 4412 or 4823 4548.




CAP: (l-r) Farm Manager Mark Hart and Andy Divall from ‘Narranbulla’, with agronomist Chris Houghton and City to Soil (Groundswell) Project Manager Simone Dilkara on the site where compost will be trialled at the Marulan property.

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Lots and lots of compost!

Thought you might like to see Goulburn's first WHOLE of town City to Soil collection. Here it is - almost 100 tonnes of food and garden waste composting along nicely. David our composter extraordinaire has really got the process down pat - the temperatures have been hovering around 60 - 70 degrees, and everything is breaking down beautifully. It even smells nice!

And what about contamination? Well, I am very very happy to report that Goulburn and Marulan folks were EXCELLENT at keeping contamination out of the collection. The biggest problem we are having is with people putting their lawn clippings into plastic bags - please don't they STINK! and it can be quite tricky to get the grass out of the bags without breaking the bags up and leaving bits of plastic in the compost.

Well done Goulburn and Marulan folks! I can't wait to get out there and see how this week's City to Soil collection is going.

North Goulburn Environmental Education Afternoon

Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara with Goulburn North Public students Jacqui Oberg and Jarrod Whittaker.

Your project manager had a lovely afternoon at the North Goulburn Public School Environmental Education Afternoon.

North Goulburn Public School has a great system in place for collection food scraps for their wonderful worm farm. Worm castings are used on the school veggie garden and veggies from the garden are used in the canteen and in various recipes concocted by Mrs West.

Students can become members of the Garden Club which meets each lunch time to tend the garden.

Anyway, yesterday was an Environmental Education Afternoon. In addition to worm farming, planting potatoes, trees and flowers and finding out about WIRES, students got the opportunity to find out more about City to Soil. Now these guys already know a LOT about composting and recycling - but it was good to go through our particular composting process, the MaxAir bins and Biobags and to explain what can go in the City to Soil collection and what can't.

I feel very confident that the families belonging to North Goulburn Public School students will be very well informed about the new City to Soil collection!

I had a lovely afternoon and it was a PLEASURE to meet such clever, lovely environmentally aware young people.

City to Soil rolled out accross Goulburn Mulwaree

media release from Goulburn Mulwaree Council

Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s groundbreaking City to Soil initiative will be provided across Goulburn and Marulan this month.

City to Soil is being expanded after a successful trial in Eastgrove over the past three months.
Goulburn Mulwaree Council Facilities Engineer Andrew Galland said he hoped the remainder of Goulburn and Marulan supported the program as residents had in Eastgrove.

"This will be one of the first community wide collections of compostable organic waste in Australia," Mr Galland said.

"We have been thrilled with the response to the program in Eastgrove and I hope the remainder of our community will be as supportive. City to Soil will be provided to all residents that currently have a monthly green waste collection."

Residents across Goulburn and Marulan will receive a free, specially designed MaxAir kitchen top bin and compostable biobags for the collection of food scraps. The bins, a year supply of biobags (a roll of 150 bags), a sticker and an instruction leaflet will be delivered to homes over the coming days.

"The contamination levels in the green waste we’ve collected have been extraordinarily low, which is an excellent effort from Eastgrove’s residents," Mr Galland said.

"In the first collection made in July, Council collected 9.16 tonnes of combined food and garden waste from Eastgrove, with only 7kg of contamination removed, which is unbelievably low.

"The Eastgrove trials have helped us finetune the composting process at the Goulburn Waste Management Centre, and we are confident that we can handle all the kitchen waste from Goulburn and Marulan."

Most residents should have the bins for the October green waste collection, however some residents may not receive them in time. These residents will receive their bins in time for the November green waste collection.

Compost test sites to be finalised

Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara said two trial sites to test the compost will be finalised shortly.

"We had 35 farmers who wanted to be involved in the trials and responded to the Expression of Interest," Ms Dilkara said.

"The response shows that farmers are really interested in composted products, soil health and chemical fertiliser alternatives. It shows that Goulburn Mulwaree Council is really on the right track – the community supports the project, and farmers really support the project."

MEDIA INTERVIEWS: Please contact Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s Acting Facilities Manager Andrew Galland on 02 4823 4488 or Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara on 0447 273 099.

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Telephone: (02) 4823 4444
www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au

And just a little bit more.....

Just a few more photos from Condobolin - because the bins look so wonderful!

More from Condobolin

Here is a photo of Trumby picking through the City to Soil collection. You can see a plastic bottle in the middle of the mix - this was just about the only piece of contamination.

The collection was very very clean - just this bottle, a few cans, some polystyrene food trays and one bag of general rubbish. Well done Condobolin!

And at the end of a long day - here is Sonny and his very first pile of compost-to-be, all sprayed, sorted, covered and ready to start fermenting.

Condobolin gets behind City to Soil

Everyone we spoke to in Condobolin this week let us know how excited they were about the new City to Soil collection, and what perfect sense it makes to compost food and garden waste rather than sticking it into landfill. Everyone LOVES the new Biobags and MaxAir bins.

You can see from the photos how free of contamination the collections were.

It was a beautiful morning......

It was a beautiful morning......................all the bins were out.



What an amazing response from Condobolin townsfolk! And how beautiful those City to Soil bins looked.

Sonny, Willie, Trumby and Shae did an amazing job nursing the WCC City to SOil truck through its first day of collections.

City to Soil rolls out in Condobolin

After a stellar effort from EVERYONE at the WCC, Lachlan Shire Council and the rest of the project team, every household in Condobolin has received their City to Soil wheelie bins, MaxAir Kitchen Top Bins and their Biobags. And don't those City to Soil wheelie bins look FABULOUS!

City to Soil is underway! HOORAY!

The first City to Soil combined food scrap and garden waste collection is scheduled the week starting September the 22nd. The WCC boys are all ready to start composting. Its all happening folks.

It was lovely to get such positive feedback from people living in Condobolin. The overwhelming message is that people would much rather see their food scraps and garden waste going back into agriculture rather that WASTED in landfill.

Well done Condobolin!!!!! Lets see if you can beat Eastgrove with your even lower contamination rates!

Condobolin Composting Shed

The Condobolin Composting shed is almost finished thanks to the very hard work of all involved. And what a beautiful shed it is. The clever folks at the WCC hand made those bricks, and they are beautiful. The shed is airy and cool and beautifully made.

Here is a closer look at the inside. You can see the composting bays and where the truck will drive through. Funnily enough, all the boys moved out of the picture when the camera came out, but here is Nimmo - who has lead the WCC through the construction process. Well done Nimmo!

First City to Soil PRIZE Presented

press release from Goulburn Mulwaree Council........

The first of two monthly City to Soil prizes has been presented to Eastgrove’s Heather Slater.
Mrs Slater was randomly selected to receive the prize – a fruit and vegetable basket - after her family correctly collected their food waste in biobags and placed it in their green waste bins.

When collecting the basket, Mrs Slater praised the new City to Soil initiative.

"It’s a really good idea, especially if it’s going to help farmers," Mrs Slater said.
"It was very easy to use and there was no smell, which was a bit surprising."

Two monthly prizes will continue to be presented throughout the Eastgrove test-run of City to Soil. When the collections are rolled out in Goulburn and Marulan later this year, monthly prizes will also be on offer.

PHOTO: CITY TO SOIL WINNER: Council’s Facilities Engineer Andrew Galland presents Eastgrove local Heather Slater with one of the first City to Soil monthly prizes – a basket of fruit and vegetable.

Field of Dreams

Build it, and they will come..............

Your project manager admiring the site preparation work for Goulburn's you beaut all weather composting shed.

Eastgrove Collection #2

Last week saw the second City to Soil collection in Eastgrove. Once again, folks were FANTASTIC at keeping contamination out of the collection.

The total contamination rate was 0.334% (still WAY under 1%). The addition of a concrete block in a Green Waste bin accounts for most of that weight!

Other contamination items include polystyrene, plastic bags, plastic pot and of course, that naughty piece of concrete.

Happily, there was NO contamination found in any Biobags. How do we know? Well, as the picture shows, we check!



Lots more households are using their MaxAir bins and Biobags for the collection of food scraps, and placing these in their green waste bins. Eastgrove residents are doing really well with the collection of food scraps in the Biobags.

For those who are not quite sure about the new collection, the inclusion of food scraps in the green waste collection greatly enhances the composting process, and the quality of the final product. We have fully tested the MaxAir bins and Biobags and they really truly do not smell.

In fact, we are very confident that placing your food scraps in the Biobags and then in the green waste bin will be less smelly that putting them in your ordinary garbage bin. It really is beautiful stuff.

Here is a photo of David Long from GMC spraying Eastgrove's second City to Soil collection with composting solution. The bags you can see on the pile are all Biobags, which will breakdown very quickly once the pile heats up and those lovely microbes start doing their job.

In the background, you can see our finished trial pile and on the right, last month's City to Soil collection cooking away under the plastic. After an initial spike in temperature, that pile is fermenting along nicely at around 32 degrees - even in our Southern Tablelands winter!

Many many thanks to everyone in Eastgrove for doing such a wonderful job with their new City to Soil collection.

YIPPEE! First Collection in Eastgrove

Today was the first City to Soil collection in Eastgrove.

Council’s Greenwaste truck collected 9.16 tonnes of combined Food and Garden waste from Eastgrove. This was delivered to the Goulburn Waste Depot for composting.

Photo: Eastgrove's 9.16 tonnes of combined garden and food waste

The combined food and garden waste was picked through to remove any contaminants, sprayed with a microbial composting solution, heaped into a pile and covered with plastic.

Photo: Hard at work! Picking out contaminants and spraying with microbial composting solution. (it smells like molasses!)

Between now and October the special micro-organisms in the composting solution will go to work, breaking down, pasteurising and fermenting Eastgrove’s green waste. The pile will be resprayed halfway during the process, and continually monitored to ensure that proper temperatures, moisture and ph levels are maintained.

The end result will be something like this – the most beautiful, microbially active, gorgeous compost ever.

Photo: Your project manager picking out the last of the contaminants from our composting trials. This lot is ready for shredding now. It is BEAUTIFUL STUFF!

(minus the bowling pin & straw hat of course – how did we miss that?)

Eastgrove residents are extremely good at only putting into their City to Soil collection the things that they should and nothing that they shouldn't!

Contamination levels were amazingly low. We pulled out a total of 7kg of contamination – mainly plastic bags, a few bottles and some tins.

That’s a contamination rate of 0.0764% (less than .1%!)

WELL DONE EASTGROVE!!!!!

Photo: Gerry Gillespie from DECC holding the 0.076% of contamination!

Here is a picture of Gerry Gillespie from the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) with our bag of contamination.

Lots of households have started using the biobags for their food scraps. We didn’t find any contamination in the biobags. There is obviously a lot of support for the project.

The first two biobags we inspected today had no contamination. These two households will receive a prize.

Photo: Hans making the final pile.

Photo: Eastgrove's City to Soil food and garden waste - all sprayed and tucked in - ready to start composting!

Here it is folks! Eastgrove's City to Soil food and garden waste, all sprayed and ready to go.

School visit - East Goulburn

Students at East Goulburn have received a special presentation about Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s new City to Soil program.

On Wednesday, Project Manager Simone Dilkara and Facilities Engineer Andrew Galland spoke to a number of classes at East Goulburn about the City to Soil project that began in Eastgrove this week.

They explained the City to Soil process to the students and teachers, including the collection and composting stages.

Ms Dilkara said the students showed a “fantastic” knowledge of what can and can’t be recycled or composted.

“The students asked us some really good questions and they already knew a great deal about what they can put in the bins,” Ms Dilkara said.

“The children were very enthusiastic about the program and seemed fascinated by the entire composting process. It’s very exciting from our point of view to see young children so passionate about composting and recycling.”

Eastgrove is the first Goulburn suburb to take part in the initiative, which will involve residents receiving a free, specially designed MaxAir kitchen top bin and compostable biobags for the collection of food scraps. The bins, a year’s supply of biobags (a roll of 150 bags), a sticker and an instruction leaflet were delivered to Eastgrove residents last week.

Kitchen waste, including raw or cooked food, tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit and vegetables, peelings, leftovers, paper towels, meat and fish, can all be placed in the bin. This kitchen waste then goes in the 240-litre greenwaste bins for collection – before being taken to Goulburn Waste Management Centre where it is transformed into high quality compost and provided to local farmers to help improve agricultural soils.

The introduction of the City to Soil kitchen waste collections in Goulburn Mulwaree, Lachlan, Palerang and Queanbeyan Council areas is being undertaken through a project known as Groundswell – which is funded by a $1.96 million grant over three years from the NSW Environmental Trust. Goulburn Mulwaree Council was the lead organisation in the grant application, and is the first to introduce the kitchen waste collections.

The City to Soil program will be rolled out across Goulburn and Marulan later this year.


MEDIA INTERVIEWS: Please contact Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara on 0447 273 099.

Special Delivery - Eastgrove!

On Thursday 17th July an intrepid group of folks set off in the crispy frost to deliver City to Soil kits to households in Eastgrove.

As you can see, it was a bit of a rag tag group of volunteers!

Apart from being very well exercised, our intrepid team finished the task on a high due to the incredibly positive feedback we received from folks we managed to talk to during the day.

People really like the project, and they like the idea of separating out their food scraps for composting rather than seeing them go into landfill. They also like the idea of helping farmers and doing something positive for the environment.

Its all good news really!

Condobolin - Composting Shed Underway

Exciting news from the Condobolin front. Work on what will obviously be the most beautiful composting shed in the world is well underway. Not just a shed, but a pressed earth brick shed - which will be beautiful to look at and cooler to work in. The clever folks at the WCC make the bricks from the local soil, and have already constructed a number of sheds and buildings using this technique.

And look at the Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation's new truck!

City to Soil collections and composting will be done by the Wiradjuri Condobolin Corporation on the landfill site.

Its all happening folks!

Groundswell - A short background

In 2004, the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) worked closely with the Queanbeyan City Council on a project called “City to Soil”. This project demonstrated that high quality, organic wastes from urban communities can be collected, composted and used in agriculture with positive economic and environmental results for farmers. City-to-Soil also demonstrated a high level of willingness and capacity by the community to participate in source separation of organics. The overall environmental and social benefits of the project were very significant.

In 2007, Goulburn Mulwaree, Palerang, Queanbeyan City and Lachlan Councils, the Wiradjuri Condobolin Aboriginal Corporation, the Palerang Agricultural Society, Bettergrow Pty Ltd and the South East office of the DECC Sustainability Programs Division were granted $1.96 million from the NSW Environoment Trust to prove the wider economic viability of the “City to Soil” collection system and establish composted urban organic waste as a cost effective, high quality agricultural input.

The project (Groundswell) will result in farmers and councils working together to pull urban organic waste out of the cities and back onto agricultural land, simultaneously reducing organic waste to landfill and increasing organic levels in agricultural soils.

The research and project outcomes of Groundswell will provide councils, governments and farmers with the information and data they need to reconfigure waste collection systems and contracts to establish economically viable “City to Soil” collection systems in collaboration with local farmers.

The vision for Groundswell is that:

• Groundswell establishes economic models that are self sustaining and can operate for the same or less cost as current models.
• That the model or systems result in measurable improvement in agricultural soils and productivity.
• That the project also contributes to a range of broader environmental outcomes.
• That the community engages in the project through source separation of household organic waste
• That the systems continue beyond the project timeframe, and are implemented in other settings
• That Groundswell results in a reduction of waste to landfill
  

Unique kitchen waste collection kicks off in Eastgrove

media release

Images: Goulburn locals Gemma (left) and Alicia Hollands are looking forward to helping the environment and local farmers by collecting their kitchen waste in specially designed kitchen top bins and biobags.

Eastgrove residents will be the first to try a unique new kitchen waste collection designed to help the environment and local farmers at the same time.

Eastgrove has been chosen to test run Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s new City to Soil initiative, which will involve residents receiving a free, specially designed MaxAir kitchen top bin and compostable biobags for the collection of food scraps. The bins, a year supply of biobags (a roll of 150 bags), a sticker and an instruction leaflet will be delivered to homes in Eastgrove next week.

Residents will then be asked to collect kitchen waste in the bins and biobags - including raw or cooked food, tea bags, coffee grounds, fruit and vegetables, peelings, leftovers, paper towels, meat and fish. This kitchen waste then goes in the 240 litre greenwaste bins for collection – before being taken to Goulburn Waste Management Centre where it is transformed into high quality compost and provided to local farmers to help improve agricultural soils.

The Eastgrove test run will allow Council to fine tune the composting process before the collection is extended across Goulburn City and Marulan later this year.

"This is a fantastic new project and as far as I am aware, it will be the first community-wide collection of food scraps for composting in Australia," Goulburn Mulwaree Council Facilities Manager David Rayner said.

"The Eastgrove test run will help us do a final check of the composting process. But we know the process works because we have already undertaken a number of trials, and a similar process is used in around 2000 communities worldwide. The kitchen waste collections will definitely be introduced across Goulburn City and Marulan later this year.

"Currently Goulburn’s waste is disposed of at Council’s own landfill. By encouraging composting we will help combat Climate Change by cutting methane gas production, reduce waste costs by prolonging the life of the landfill and help local farmers improve agricultural soils. It really is a win-win for everyone involved," Mr Rayner said.

The introduction of the City to Soil kitchen waste collections in Goulburn Mulwaree, Lachlan, Palerang and Queanbeyan Council areas is being undertaken through a project known as Groundswell – which is funded by a $1.96 million grant over three years from the NSW Environmental Trust. Goulburn Mulwaree Council was the lead organisation in the grant application, and is the first to introduce the kitchen waste collections.

Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara said the other three Council areas involved are on track to start the kitchen waste collections soon.

"Work is underway to establish composting sites in the other Council areas and we are gearing up for the new collections to start between now and the end of the year," Ms Dilkara said.
"It is really exciting that it will officially start in Eastgrove next week.

"We will also be advertising in the coming weeks for local farmers to get involved, however I have already been contacted by a number who are keen to take part. Composted kitchen and greenwaste returns organic matter, microbes and nutrients to soils, which is of enormous benefit in agricultural areas.

"The overall aim of this project is to show that organic waste can be profitably collected, composted to a high standard and returned to agricultural soils. It is also really important for the local community to know that the MaxAir kitchen top bins and biobags have been specially designed to make sure food scraps do not smell – and they really do work," Ms Dilkara said.

The benefits of the City to Soil collections include that it will:

• Support local farmers
• Reduce waste to landfill (and therefore prolong the life of Council’s landfill and save money)
• Improve agricultural soils
• Help address climate change

The City to Soil collections will encourage local residents to ‘become part of the solution’.

MEDIA INTERVIEWS:
Please contact Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s Facilities Manager David Rayner on 02 4823 4488 or Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara on 0447 273 099.

MEDIA ENQUIRIES:
Please contact Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s Communications Unit on 4823 4412 or
4823 4548.

Media Link - Interest Swells in Groundswell

Released on 19 May 2008.

A program aimed at reducing green waste dumped at Goulburn Waste Depot and helping local farmers is gaining momentum – and Goulburn Mulwaree Council is leading the way.

Groundswell – City to Soil is a program that will allow Goulburn Mulwaree residents to put food scraps in a handy container which is kept in their kitchen. The container, which is lined with a special Biobag, can be emptied into the green waste bin. It is then collected, processed and made into compost, which is distributed to local farmers.

Council will lead the Groundswell project, with Palerang, Queanbeyan and Lachlan councils to take part. The project has received $1.86 million over three years from the NSW Environment Trust.

Groundswell’s Project Manager, Simone Dilkara, along with Goulburn Mulwaree Council staff and Gerry Gillespie from the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change, have been trialling various methods to find the best composting process for the combined food and garden waste. They have also been testing the Biobags to ensure they can handle the most noxious odours.

"We have been trialling the Biobags with all the most awful things you can imagine, meat and fish bones, and they are working very well. We think that residents will be really happy with the Biobags and Maxair baskets," she said.

Ms Dilkara has a close connection with Goulburn. Born in the city, her family lived here in the 1960s and 70s, with her parents Bob and Beverley Woodman working in the area. She attended West Goulburn Primary, and was one of the first students at Wollondilly Public when it first opened.

Her family later moved to a small farm near Geary’s Gap and she has continued to work in and around Goulburn for the past 10 years, initially in the area health service as the Youth Program Coordinator and then for the NSW Premier’s Department as the project manager for the Regional Coordination Program.

"The Groundswell project combines my keen interest in sustainable agriculture, regional development and project management. It is a pleasure to be working for Goulburn Mulwaree Council on such an important project with so much potential," she said.

MEDIA INTERVIEWS: Please contact Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s Manager of Facilities David Rayner on 4823 4402 or Groundswell Project Manager Simone Dilkara on 0447 273 099.
MEDIA ENQUIRIES: Please contact Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s Communications Unit on 4823 4412 or 4823 4548.


Follow this link to see the original media release on Groundswell - City to Soil on the Goulburn Mulwaree Council website.

Groundswell Project goes www

Welcome to the City to Soil blog. Soon you will be able to see what is happening in the Groundswell project, and how each of the four Councils are going with setting up their City to Soil collections.

What is the Groundswell project you ask?

And what is City to Soil?

All will be revealed very soon!