The Closing Loops project was featured in the beautiful Breathe Magazine this autumn.
After introducing some fascinating examples from Australia, the article goes on to explain what the benefits of community composting are:
“Besides bringing people together, community composting closes the loop between food production and food waste and keeps resources local. Diana McIntyre is community composting co-ordinator for the Closing Loops project, which is part of FoodFutures in North Lancashire, England, a Sustainable Food
Place. Diana explains that it’s about ‘connectivity’ and is also great for climate action, because composting kitchen scraps reduces food miles and the need for council-run waste disposal.”
“‘If you can keep kitchen waste local, you can produce something really valuable that can then be used to grow food locally,’ she says. Composting becomes a practice – Diana explains that some residents living near one of the Closing Loops compost schemes describe taking their contributions out to the community compost bins as ‘taking the kitchen scraps out for a walk’. She adds: ‘It’s about fostering that sense that “this is ours” and helps to create resilience within communities.’”
You can read the full article in issue 77 of Breathe Magazine, which you can buy across England or order online at breathemagazine.com.
