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FREE garden composting bins are up for grabs by Chipping Norton residents this week in a special promotion to coincide with national Compost Awareness Week which runs from May 4 to May 10.

The first 150 residents to complete an online application form on West Oxfordshire District Council's website or phone 01993 861020 will be allocated a free bin.

They will be available for collection on Saturday May 17 at Chipping Norton and Witney when the council's newly assigned Compost Doctor' will be on hand with composting tips.

Volunteer compost enthusiast Peter Cook has been trained up by Oxfordshire County Council, in partnership with WRAP.

As well as lening advice during Compost Awareness Week, Peter will be working with the district council to promote home composting at events throughout the year.

The scheme's aim is to help members of the community start composting at home and support those who already do.

Cllr David Harvey, cabinet member for the environment, said: "Making compost is one of the best ways to help protect the environment.

"About 30 per cent of household waste is made up of organic kitchen and garden waste and every year five million tonnes of this is buried in landfill sites in the UK.

"All fresh vegetable and fruit peelings from the kitchen, eggshells and most types of garden waste are suitable for composting and I would encourage as many people as possible to dispose of this refuse in a compost bin."

10:23am Monday 5th May 2008

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