We are part of the Devon Community Composting Network which is helping to implement the "Devon Recycling" Initiative of the Devon Authorities Waste Reduction & Recycling Committee. Community composting schemes help the local authorities to fulfill their mandate of reducing waste going to landfill.

For every tonne of waste diverted from landfill sites, the project will receive landfill tax recycling credits from Teignbridge District Council which will provide a useful income. Further income could be generated from the compost itself. Currently it appears that the law prevents compost from these schemes from being sold but should that change (and it apparently will) then we may sell some of the compost to generate income.

The proposed scheme is modelled on a similar project initiated by the 'Proper Job Co-op' in the nearby town of Chagford which is of a similar size to Moretonhampstead. It will be a collection only service. The green 'waste' will be collected on regular dates from pre-arranged pick-up points in Moretonhampstead and the surrounding area.

We may arrange a charged home pick-up service at a later date. We will not accept delivery of waste from the public direct to our site in order to minimise disturbance to our neighbours and to enable us to monitor and maintain the quality of the 'waste' for composting.

The scheme is aimed at providing composting for bulky garden waste which many people do not have room to compost themselves. Such wastes usually make up a significant proportion of the material going into landfill sites. The scheme will not collect and compost highly putrescible materials such as cooked kitchen wastes. Information about home composting and worm bins will be available in order to encourage people to handle such wastes at home.