Author: Brook

Last weekend I went along to the North Ainslie Primary School sustainability fair. I met Jennifer from SEE-Change there and she very generously let me promote the HCC with some flyers. If you saw the flyers there then I’d love to know! Jennifer was very helpful in other ways, encouraging me to get the word… Continue reading Weekends are for composting!

It looks like the new flyer at the Hackett shops, and perhaps the ones I left at the North Ainslie Primary School sustainability fair, are working their magic! The HCC has new contributors this week 🙂 Luckily, I turned over a section of the compost heap last weekend in preparation. The compost bin consists of… Continue reading Welcome new members! The hungry compost heap looks forward to your waste

Yes, but probably for a limited time only! At the moment managing our compost heap and some local waste collection is quite feasible to carry out in my spare time even though I also work full time. And I’m happy to do it! There are commercial organic waste collection services operating in Canberra, but these… Continue reading Are you really doing all this for free?

The sad thing about helping my friends set up their new compost heap is that their family of 5 was my best source of kitchen waste. I have been picking up multiple buckets from them regularly. Their desire to compost on site is great, and I would love to replace their feedstock source with one… Continue reading Buckets ready and waiting to be filled!

Hooray for long weekends! This long weekend I helped some friends construct their own compost bin/area/secure heap. It’s certainly true that if you leave a pile of organic waste in a heap it will eventually decompose, but a compost bin can speed up things considerably. Another important aspect to composting in our urban environment is that… Continue reading The easiest compost bin?

Want to contribute? Email Brook at hackettcompost2602@gmail.com Hello World! Or rather, hello to Hackett, Canberra, Australia and surrounding suburbs. This website supports a local effort to avoid sending kitchen waste and other goodies to landfill and instead turn them into delicious compost. If you’re reading this today (June 2018) then you can see the story… Continue reading Welcome to the Hackett Compost Collective