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Scottish Community Composting SeminarTue 2 May 2006Dewars Centre, Perth The Scottish Community Composting Conference was a one-day event designed for organisations involved in or planning a community composting initiative and for Local Authority departments working in partnership with community composting organisations. A varied and informative programme was put together. The morning plenary sessions included presentations from practitioners, intermediaries and statutory bodies on a range of subjects including composting in areas of high density housing and how community composting can become more financially viable. In the afternoon there were workshops covering planning, setting up a project, Animal By-Products Regulations and Waste Management Licensing. The workshops were be followed by an open session. There were also several exhibitors and displays at the event. The event was run as part of Compost Awareness Week. To download a copy of a presentation please click on the title. Please note that some of the attachments are quite large and may take a while to download, depending on the type of internet connection that you have. Click on the organisations name to link to their website. Plenary Sessions Welcome to Perth (pdf, approx. 3.2MB) Bruce Reekie, Waste Plan Co-ordinator, Perth & Kinross Council Overview of Community Composting in Scotland (pdf, approx. 6.1MB) Sarah Lagden, Community Compost Development Officer, CRNS Food Waste Composting for High Rise Flats (pdf, approx. 1.6MB) Cam Matheson, Project Manager, ELCRP Community Composting In Aberdeen (pdf, approx. 2.9MB) Lynn Warren, Project Manager and Johannah Long, Community Composting Development Officer, Aberdeen Forward Waste Management Licensing for Community Composters (pdf, approx. 0.9MB) Peter Olsen, Senior Policy Officer (Biowaste), SEPA Community Composting and the Animal By Products Regulations (pdf, approx. 0.1MB) Sheila Voas, Temporary Veterinary Advisor, State Veterinary Service Community Composting: Sustainability in Action (pdf, approx. 2.9MB) Chris Ward, Executive Director, Forth Environment Link Where there’s Muck, there’s Brass! (pdf, approx. 1.9MB) Nick McAllister, Network Co-ordinator, CCN Workshops Delegates were able to attend two of the following four workshops: A - Planning Aid (pdf, approx. 0.2MB) - Debbie Robertson, Planning Advisor, Planning Aid Scotland B - Starting Up – Nick McAllister, Network Co-ordinator, CCN C - Animal By Products – Sheila Voas, State Veterinary Service D - Waste Management Licensing – Peter Olsen, Senior Policy Officer, SEPA Exhibitors There were several exhibitors at the event including: Accelerated Compost Ltd manufacturers of The Rocket in-vessel composting unit Big Hannah in-vessel composting system BioBags (Scotland) Ltd supplier of 100% compostable alternatives to plastic Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens representative body for city farms, community gardens and similar community-led organisations in the UK Green Cone the unique household food waste digester Organic Services (Scotland) Ltd Straight plc Europe’s leading supplier of recycling containers WRAP creating markets for recycled materials |
