Golden Windsor and Maidenhead Bin Competition - chance to win GBP 50
Windsor and Maidenhead Residents who want to add power to their flowers this summer by home composting kitchen and garden waste will have the chance to win £50 of garden centre vouchers, thanks to the Royal Borough's Golden Bin competition.
Anyone who orders one of the Windsor and Maidenhead council's FREE composters during Compost Awareness Week (May 4 – 10) will be entered into a prize draw and the winner will take away a fistful of vouchers donated by DHL, the company that delivers the bins.
Also worth watching out for are two council compost awareness stalls to be staged by the council at Windsor Farmers' Market on Saturday May 3 and Maidenhead Farmers' Market on Sunday May 11.
Ankit Rao, Windsor and Maidenhead waste awareness officer, will talk to shoppers about how simple composting can not only slash the amount of household waste dumped in landfill but also produce great fertiliser to help make gardens grow more beautiful in the future.
Cllr Paul Etherington, chairman of the sustainability panel, said that Compost Awareness Week presented a tremendous opportunity for even more borough residents to get involved.
He said: "Home composting is a simple, cheap and effective way of dealing with up to a third of a typical family's waste bin, and it is a brilliant way to help the environment. People from every walk of life are joining in, including celebrities like Dame Helen Mirren, Jenny Seagrove, Chris Evans and June Sarpong. They are discovering that by composting at home in the right conditions, waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings can break down so no harmful methane gas is produced. This also creates a rich fertiliser for the garden which completes the natural cycle and keeps waste out of landfill."
Cllr Alison Knight, lead member for Windsor and Maidenhead strategy, said that since the Royal Borough launched its 5,000 free composters offer earlier in the spring more than 3,000 residents had taken advantage of this unbeatable opportunity to cut down on waste.
She added: "There are still free bins up for grabs and during Compost Awareness Week there is an even greater incentive to put in an order – the chance to win £50 of garden centre vouchers. So, if local residents are thinking about home composting, there's no better time to start."
Residents who would like a free composter should call 0845 077 0757 or order online at http://www.recyclenow.com/compost
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
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