From coffee grounds to guinea pig bedding - the composters keeping it local
Food waste is a resource like water and should be kept in communities, compost champions say.
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"Local growers then take that compost, grow food that goes back to the cafes, cafes serve it, waste comes back to us and we turn it back into compost."
— Steph Robinson , Activist
"The frame that we work within means it has to stay local, so we don't sell it on eBay or Amazon or whatever."
— Steph Robinson , Activist
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Food waste is a resource like water and should be kept in communities, compost champions say.
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