COMPOST PROGRAM

Turning Surplus Food into Soil

Food that can’t be used is turned into nutrient rich compost, reducing waste, cutting greenhouse emissions and helping communities grow food.

Fisher Rd School hosts 54 compost bins and four worm farms…and chickens. Cromer High hosts 25 compost bins. Integrated Unit students manage the system as part of sustainability learning. St Lukes Grammar School students attend weekly sessions, managing the system and learning about soil health and waste reduction. Young adults with disabilities with Up & Over attend weekly, working alongside other volunteers.

Kimbriki Resource Recovery Centre provides expertise and oversight, as well as ‘brown’ carbon material through Australian Native Landscapes. Royal Botanical Garden distributes some of the compost to community gardens and social housing projects across NSW so vulnerable communities can grow their own food.

Petstock supply large bags collected from customers who donate their empty pet food bags. These are used to collect and transport food scraps. Danes Coffee Roasters donate coffee husks for the compost and hessian bags for worm blankets.