Composting guidance for residents and community groups in Gloucestershire

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Overview Gloucestershire Resources and Waste Partnership comprises the 6 district councils and county council in Gloucestershire. The Partnership aims to reduce waste and increase recycling in all districts of Gloucestershire, both from kerbside collections and at Household Recycling Centres. To do this the partnership has a dedicated group concentrating on public engagement. They work to spread waste minimisation messages, reducing costs to the councils for collecting and disposing of waste. Waste minimisation also reduces carbon emissions and other harmful impacts on the local environment from wasted resources. Background The Gloucestershire Resources and Waste partnership focuses on highlighting materials and projects that can help reduce waste. In the past they have held awareness and behaviour change campaigns on topics such as repair, metals, plastics and food waste. The partnership uses a wide variety of messages to reach the public including door to door canvassing, website and digital engagement, organic and paid for Social Media, Influencer Marketing, leafleting and magazine advertisement, out of home advertisements such as ad panels, banners and billboards and more. The Brief We are seeking quotes from suppliers to coordinate our composting activity, either by employing a coordinator or dedicating existing staff time to the project. The successful supplier will: • Manage our existing network of 15 Master Composter volunteers and grow our network, to a total of 25 volunteers • Launch and maintain a community composting support network • Encourage uptake of composting at home within Gloucestershire and report levels of composting participation across the county to the Gloucestershire Resources and Waste Partnership. • Work with the existing network of organisations in Gloucestershire to spread the word about composting including but not limited to the Local Nature Partnership, Gloucestershire Resources and Waste Partnership and Climate Leadership Gloucestershire. Keywords: compost