Acting CA chief executive Jeremy Jacobs said: “Each year Compost Awareness Week goes from strength to strength and with ‘green' issues so high on the political and consumer agenda, we expect the 2008 event to generate more interest than ever.
He added: “This year the ‘Green up your Garden', theme for CAW, will be focusing on promoting compost's tremendous potential to improve soil fertility and soil structure, within local communities. We also need to promote the benefits of this versatile renewable material when used as an alternative to peat – a finite resource – in growing media.”
This year compost producers have been encouraged to hold open days for the public, give away free compost to householders, donating compost to community projects and do all they can to promote compost.
The Composting Association will be involved throughout Compost Awareness Week by supporting its members and attending an event at CA member and organic waste processor, Agrivert.
In conjunction with Cherwell District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council, Agrivert will be distributing compost to the general public at locations across Oxfordshire as part of the drive to encourage householders to make and use renewable composts.
Various events have been planned nationwide and celebrity gardeners, Charlie Dimmock and Matt James, are getting involved offering tips on using peat-free compost containing recycled materials.
Ms Dimmock said: “If you home compost you could cut down the contents of your household bin by nearly a third and if you choose to use peat-free compost s containing recycling material s like grass cuttings and prunings, you'll be helping to keep waste out of landfill where it rots down to potentially create harmful greenhouse gases.
She added: “As both deliver great results in your garden it is a win/win all round.”
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