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There has been enormous interest from many different communities in Devon and beyond. Enquiries come in every week and the previous information pack has gone out nation-wide. This interest has not translated into as many new projects as I would have expected. I think there are many reasons for this. Firstly people underestimate how much there is involved in setting up a community project. Secondly there is the waste management legislation and the way it is interpreted by the Environment Agency. Thirdly there has been the lack of understanding of what community composting actually is from all sides. The Agency tends to look at the worst possible scenario, that composting will get out of hand, the whole situation will get put of hand and cause pollution. The people wanting to start up projects tend to think that the public will all behave angelically, read all their notices, put the materials in the right place, not bring any rubbish to the site and fully co-operate.
Now with the Environment Agency having been restructured and a growing realisation that we must stop wasting our resources by burying them or burning them, we are embarking on a new phase. We must stop calling it ‘waste management’ and instead come up with a new lexicon. ‘Resource management’ perhaps, as it encompasses both people and material resources - which is what community composting is all about!
All projects were written to for updating the records in Autumn 2002. The most common response was that there was too much material and not enough labour or money! Some projects put earnings from the project back into the community. Others use earnings to pay for work on the project. Some projects get set up and operate very quickly. Usually those already operating another activity and just adding compost to an already well run project. Others can take years to get to their launch date. Problems with site, access, funding and labour are all common. Some projects, sadly have not stayed the course. Lack of enough labour being the most common problem, not being able to expand within the site adequately is also common. Some projects never get beyond the initial planning stage, not being able to cope with amount of legislation and bureaucracy to contend with!
Below are a list of comunity composting projects in Devon.
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Ashprington
Aveton Gifford
Bovey Tracey (Go Green)
Bratton Fleming
Chagford
Chudleigh, (Rotters)
Cockington Court
Dartington
East Ogwell
Feniton, (Otter Rotters)
Great Torrington
Hele
Kingsbridge
Lympstone
Mary Tavy
Morchard Bishop
North Tawton
Sampford Peverell
Sidwell Street
Slapton
Stoke Canon
Stoke Fleming
Tiverton
Uffculme
Willand
Witheridge
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