In my blog a little while ago I talked about the Armidale’s City to Soil initiative, where 200 homes tested a new way to collect and compost their food and garden waste.

Well it turns out that the trial project was a success, which means that soon all Armidale residents will have the opportunity to take up the new waste collection method.

City to Soil Kits will be delivered to all urban residents in Armidale soon, and it would be great if the majority of the community utilises the kits as they have shown so far that they are a great way to help reduce our environmental footprint.

If rural residents would like to take part in the project too, then they can if they already have a green waste collection service, they simply need to contact the Armidale Dumaresq Council.

For those who are interested, the City to Soil kit contains a “specially designed aerated kitchen tidy bin, a year’s supply of breathable compostable bags (roll of 150 BioBags), instruction leaflet, information letter, and City to Soil sticker.”

The City to Soil kits are designed to collect food scraps directly from the kitchen and once the specially designed BioBags are full they can then be placed in the green waste bins where they can then be recycled and put back into our soil.

Congratulations to those who have helped make the City to Soil initiative a success and for local residents who would like to find out more about it, you can visit www.armidalecitytosoil.blogspot.com or get in touch with the Armidale Dumaresq Council.