A COMMUNITY project is enjoying the benefits of compost produced from garden waste collected in Monmouth by the county council’s recycling and waste service.
The My Day My Life Hub community garden at Overmonnow Family Learning Centre is using compost processed by the Green Waste Company to grow vegetables, salad crops and fruit.
Abergavenny’s Green Waste Company has reprocessed garden waste from Monmouth and Abergavenny for more than a year and has been successful in securing a longer term contract to reprocess all the garden waste produced in the county from 2018.
The company’s Andrew Lewis said: “Our Green2Earth composted soil improver is a locally produced, sustainable product which will improve soil structure, increase worm population and provide a slow releasing source of nitrogen, phosphates and potash for the garden.”
Cllr Bryan Jones, Monmouthshire’s cabinet member with responsibility for recycling and waste, added: “This is a really positive initiative. It encompasses a local company securing a long term contract to reprocess garden waste, creating jobs, making a positive contribution to the environment, reducing carbon emissions and being able to use the compost in such a sustainable way.”
Email SusanParkinson@monmouthshire.gov.uk
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