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We’re pretty excited at TW as we became an official member of the Transition Network on 9/11/2011, see http://www.transitionnetwork.org/initiatives/whitehorse-melbourne
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TW recommends the 4 R’s:
Reduce … Reuse … Recycle… Reconnect
I read with interest the article about composting coffee grounds. I would appreciate any information you have as to how I can access this resource for my compost bins.
Thank you
Hi Jenny,
What suburb are you from? Depending on where you are, you may be able to collect from a coffee shop where ground to ground is already active or you can just enquire with your local to see if they would like to get on board: In negotiation with the cafe, you arrange to collect regularly on a given day of the week (eg. if you do your weekly shop on a Thursday night, arrange to collect coffee grounds from a nearby cafe on Thursdays). If you do approach a new cafe, please let us know (via email) who they are and when you collect so we can find other people to collect from the same cafe on other days and so we can provide the cafe with a magnet/posters/brochures to promote their participation in the program. Keep in mind when using coffee grounds that they should be handled with the same precautions as potting mix (due to possible presence of microroganisms). Thanks for your interest and happy composting, Claire
Hi Jenny,
I guess the article was in the Whitehorse Leader? If you use the Follow Transition Whitehorse button on the right of this page, you will be notified when there are articles posted and I am sure there will be one shortly on the Ground to Ground.
Feel free to email us on the Contact TW page.
Greg
Hi guys. It is so great to see the interest in making use of all those coffee grounds. If there is anything I can do to help at anytime please just let me know.