Useful Links to Green Waste and Composting Sites:
National Links:
On-farm Composting of Municipal and Commercial Organics as an Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Resource Recovery Scheme for Rural Communities The Organic Force, in cooperation with Crows Nest Shire Council, was successful in obtaining funding through Environment Australia's Recycled Organics Initiative to assess the merits of On-farm Composting of Municipal and Commercial Organics as an Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Resource Recovery Scheme for Rural Communities. The project proposal was prompted by a situation where waste management and resource recovery in rural and regional areas had not received much attention from Government agencies and where councils that wanted to offer recycling services had no alternative other than implementing the 'standard' kerbside recycling of dry recyclables.
Friends Of The Environment (FOTE) FOTE is a not-for-profit multidisciplinary organisation dedicated to supporting the teaching of environmental, cultural and social sustainability. FOTE began in 2005 to supply an opportunity for teachers to network with other environmentally minded educators. The result is cross-polination from science, heritage and industry that benefits the education of children across ever expanding and diverse geographic regions.
Compost Australia
Compost Australia is a national body for the organics processing and recycling industry.
Recycled Organics Unit
Technical Support for Organics Recycling, Contract R & D, Quality Systems and Training.
Compost for Soils
A South Australian site based on the benefits of composting commercial crops.
International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW) Offical Website
4-10 May 2008 AUSTRALIA
Murdoch's Centre for Organic Waste Management
The vision of this program is to assist the community in 'achieving' zero waste by the year 2020 through maximising the recovery and recycling of resources from waste.
R Gang: Robots for Waste Reduction
Created by the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) to Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle and Recover waste.
Wastenet
WasteNet is a valuable online resource for anyone interested in Waste, with a particular focus on content of use to Local Government. WasteNet contains information that ranges from the very broad to the highly specific.
Green waste matters: a guide on green and organic waste management for schools
This curriculum guide is designed to introduce young Australians to best practice management of green and organic waste.
The Worm Shed
A site all about Worm Farms located in Chittering, Western Australia.
International Links:
The composting section of the UK recycling site WRAP
Details the benefits of buying and using compost and how to create compost.
Resource Recovery Forum: RRF
The Resource Recovery Forum is an international non-profit network of more than 330 organisations interested in sustainable waste management - making better use of waste that is produced.