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These sites may provide some useful resources for Master Composter activities, but please check all copyright information and ensure you acknowledge your sources if necessary.

Further Sources of Composting Information  Top
Bookmarks Description
Community Composting Network Community composting: supports and promotes the community management and use of waste biodegradable resources.
DEFRA

Waste management and recycling: government information on waste and recycling including legislation and policy, statistics and research. 

Land Network A network for those involved with on-farm green waste recycling.
Recycle Now Home composting: national recycling campaign home composting website.
The Association for Organics Recycling Large scale composting: promotes the sustainable management of biodegradable resources and provides information on large-scale centralised composting and PAS100.   Previously known as The Compost Association.
The Environment Agency

Large-scale composting: information on waste management licences.

Waste Resources Action Programme Waste management and recycling: government funded campaign to reduce waste and create markets for recycled products.
 
Master Composter Schemes outside the UK  Top
Bookmarks Description
De Compost Meester

Website of the Master Composter scheme in Flanders (Belgium). Includes results of some interesting pieces of research, for example, whether compost tumblers really produce compost in 14 days. A very interesting site, but unfortunately only if you understand Flemish!

Master Composter USA

A comprehensive Master Composter website from the states including lots of useful links and a discussion forum on such subjects as composting raccoons!

 
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Bookmarks Description
Accelerated Compost In-vessel composting: manufacturers of the Rocket range of in vessel composters , designed to treat small scale industrial sized organic waste streams.
Big Hanna

In vessel composting: Swedish built in vessel composting systems for small scale industrial sized organic waste streams.

Biolan Composters Suppliers of a range of compost bins and compost toilets. The manufacturers claim the compost bins are acceptable for animal waste and that due to the insulation and patented air conditioning system, the composting process operaties all year round. 
Carbon Counted Calculate your carbon footprint - a UK resource for features and advise on this subject
Chase Organics

Suppliers of compost bins as well as other gardening essentials through the Organic Gardening Catalogue.

Compost Educational Film

A great educational film  about composting. Features the fantastic Dr Rottalotta.

My Greener Home On-line retailer of 'green' products, based in Suffolk.
Peter Ridley Supplies Kerbside bins, banks, containers and biodegradable bags and sacks for domestic and commercial waste recovery for recycling, composting and waste minimisation.
Straight plc

Suppliers of Blackwall home-compost bins and water-butts.

The Recycle Works

Suppliers of all wide array of composting related products such as bins, shredders, wormeries and books.

Wiggly Wigglers

Supplies worms and wormeries to companies, local authorities and individual home composters.

Worm City

Supplies worms and wormeries

Wormery Store

Online shop selling many types of worm bins. Contains lots of useful advice on keeping worms.

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