This is a good opportunity for allotment holders to get involved, brush up your skills and spread the message of the benefits of composting.

LEEP Recycling’s newest project aims to encourage everyone to take up home composting. The Master Composter project will be recruiting volunteers from across the City who will then receive training in effective home composting. Following the training, these volunteers will promote composting within their own communities. Volunteers will have the opportunity to visit larger-scale compost sites, such as Colinton Community Compost and will also receive incentives for taking part.

Master Composter training programmes were established over 10 years ago in the USA and Canada, and are extremely popular and successful in promoting the benefits of home composting.

For more information on the project, contact Emma Clements, Master Composter Project Officer on 0131 538 5381, or write to her at LEEP Recycling, 36 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh EH6 5PY.