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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.
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.
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