Community Composting Scheme
Starting a community composting group in Newham
The East London Waste Authority (ELWA) and the London Borough of Newham support new community composting groups by providing funding & equipment, including:
- Food waste caddies
- 600L thermo-wood compost bins
- Informational leaflets
- Free online composting training via Garden Organic
How Your Community Group Can Get Involved
We're looking for active and enthusiastic community groups to join this initiative. To apply, your group should:
- Your project should be open to the community. People should bring materials to you, or you should collect materials from them. A regular system is vital where local communities can manage the organic waste they produce.
- Maintain the compost bin and its area regularly. There must be enough space to stock-pile materials, process them and compost.
- Appoint a lead and secondary contact. Ideally a group of volunteers can be involved with the composting.
- Send regular updates, such as photos of the site, number of users, share with us feedback and success stories and return the equipment if the scheme ends.
How to apply
Want to be one of the ten new community composting hubs?
As Newham does not have a compost collection service, all compost produced through this scheme will stay within the community - benefiting gardens, allotments, and shared green areas.
