Compost Collective Leeds was established to address the lack of community composting options in Leeds and empower communities to take practical climate action. We now have 8 sites up and running. In particular the project aims to:
● bring communities together
● build peoples’ skills and confidence
● have a positive impact on changing individual behaviour towards food
● have a positive impact on individual behaviour towards climate change
Two Compost Collective Leeds sites in Horsforth!
Inspirations Forest Nursery is a privately run nursery based in Horsforth LS18. Up to 40 pre-school children attend daily. They play daily in the adjacent woodland. The site owners were very excited to become involved.
Site one of Compost Collective Horsforth was set up in April 2024. The Nursery’s food waste arisings and domestic food scraps from parents’ homes are brought on-site when dropping or collecting. West End Primary School is adjacent to the nursery and has now got involved too. This has been led by their Sustainability Lead. Now every class has a caddy in their classroom.
L to R Colin enjoys our work at Inspirations Nursery! Training for Compost Collective Drury Field and children emptying compost.
In August a second site was set up in Horsforth at the Drury Field playgrounds in conjunction with Horsforth Climate Action. This is very exciting! It is part of our work to develop a cluster of Compost Collective sites in Horsforth to demonstrate best practice.
L to R Volunteers at Drury Field, Building the bin. The finished product!
For further information contact Annie Whitehead at FoodWise Leeds: annie.whitehead@zestleeds.org.uk or 0771 364 7770
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