To mark Food Waste Action Week 2024, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are giving away free compost and running a competition to win a ‘hot’ composter worth over £130!
The Compost Giveaway takes place:
- For Vale residents – Saturday 16 March: 9am – 11am at White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre, Audlett Drive, Abingdon (OX14 3PJ)
- For South Oxfordshire residents – Sunday 17 March: 9am – 11am at the former council office on Benson Lane, Crowmarsh (OX10 8ED).
The councils’ friendly Waste and Recycling team will be on-site to answer your composting questions and share tips.
This offer is available while supplies last. You can fill up to 3 bags per household, just remember to bring your own bags and a spade!
Win a ‘hot’ composter!
This Food Waste Action Week, you could be in with the chance of winning a ‘hot’ composter worth over £130!
A ‘hot’ composter offers the most efficient method of composting as it allows air at a higher temperature around the waste than traditional composters and it produces a nutrient-rich compost, perfect for your plants and soil, in as little as 90 days!
To enter – from 14 to 24 March find a ‘hot’ composter competition post on the councils’ official Facebook or Instagram pages and write in the comments what actions you are taking to reduce your food waste.
- South Oxfordshire residents – visit facebook.com/southoxfordshire or instagram.com/southoxon
- Vale residents – visit facebook.com/whitehorsedc or instagram.com/valeofwhitehorsedc
The competition is open to residents of South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse only. For terms and conditions see southandvale.gov.uk/HotComposterT&C
Cllr Sue Cooper, Cabinet Member for Environment at South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “Together, by composting and reducing our food waste, we can reduce the environmental impact of food waste and excess packaging and create a more sustainable future. Make sure you come along to a compost giveaway and enter the competition to win a ‘hot’ composter!”
Cllr Mark Coleman, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and Waste at Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “Composting is a simple yet effective way to save money, reduce your food waste and nurture your garden. This Food Waste Action Week is a great time to start – just grab some free compost at our giveaway and enter our competition!”