Agenda Item 4
BOROUGH OF POOLE
GREEN INITIATIVE GRANT PANEL
20th November 2012
Purpose of the report
To update the panel member of the progress made on the agreed actions to
encourage home composting.
1. SUBSIDISED COMPOSTING BINS
1.1
The Compost bins have been offered at a subsidised rate to
residents since April 2012. This will bring the cost of a 220 litre
composting bin from £16.00 to £6.00 for residents.
1.2
This has resulted in 219 of the 330 litre compost bins and 125 of the
220 litre compost bins being bought by residents, up to the end of
September, at a cost of £2078.37.
2. COMMUNITY COMPOSTING SITES
2.1
A community compost bin has been erected in Turlin Moor
Community garden at a cost of £87.
2.2
This compost bin has been used by resident through promotion
events for the garden and is currently increasing with the local use.
3. COMPOSTING SCHOOL/CONFERENCES
3.1
The first compost school was delivered on the 10th November. 23
people attended the event.
3.2
The aim of the events will be to bring greater understanding and
confidence to interested Poole residents who currently do not
compost or finding composting at home challenging. It is intended to
be a hands-on, practical and entertaining day for residents.
3.3
There were 19 completed evaluation forms collected in. Evaluation
of the event were very high.
Number of people feedbacks at the level for each aspect,
How satisfied were the attendees with
Very
the :
satisfied
Grade given 5
4
Booking process and pre-event
18
1
organisation?
Organisation of the day?
19
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very
dissatisfied
3
2
1
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Venue and facilities?
Arrangements and quality of the
refreshments?
Relevance of the information?
Method in which the information was
delivered?
Access at the venue (technical,
physical or other)?
18
18
1
1
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19
19
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17
2
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Comment on evaluation forms
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Very enjoyable and informative.
Extremely well organised. This was very informative and enjoyable
event. I can’t wait to get home to my compost bin.
The whole event was extremely well organised and delivery was
very professional. I am motivated to use the knowledge gained
today.
It was quite informative and very understandable
The whole experience was very good indeed.
Enthusiasm and genuine interest of leaders
Couldn’t be bettered
The whole day was extremely informative, a pleasure to have been
here for the day, the help of the tutors, and the knowledge passed
on to us.
Comment about areas to improve
 On line booking facility
Contact Officer
Mic Mason – Project Manager –Garden Waste Scheme
ECPS
Tel 262510
Mic.mason@poole.gov.uk