Composting

*March 2025

Community composting in the Highlands

Highland Good Food Partnership, Highland Community Waste Partnership and Lochaber Environmental Group have produced a new information sheet on community composting

Community composting is all about neighbours coming together to turn
food scraps and garden waste into rich, healthy compost.  Instead of
throwing organic waste in the bin, people drop it off at a shared compost site—like a bin in a local garden or a community centre.  Everyone helps out, and the finished compost gets used for local gardens, or shared with the community.  It’s a great way to cut down on waste, help the environment, and bring people together. 

Read or download the information sheet

Kilmallie’s Community Composting Pilot Project

Zero Waste Scotland - Composting decision-making guide

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May 2022

Martin has drawn attention to what he describes as a wonderful new resource - a community composting guide produced by Zero Waste Scotland and Highland Council, with the additional involvement of the Highland Good Food Partnership and the Highland Community Waste Partnership.

The preamble to the guide notes

This resource has been created for communities in the Highlands that are interested in starting or further developing community composting projects.

You will find a step-by-step Decision-Making Guide to help you get going or to develop your project, as well as links to help, information on legal requirements, and much more.

Before undertaking any project you should consult with the regulators SEPA and/or the Animal and Plant Health Agency to ensure that your project complies with legal requirements.

Zero Waste Scotland Guide

The Highland Community Waste Partnership has also produced a Composting Guide as a .PDF file

and a brief guide, also as a .PDF file has benn produced by the Glen Urquhart and Strathglass community group Soirbheas.