Lexington officials are planning to expand a pilot backyard composting program. Three separate workshops last fall attracted 45 participants. Members of the Council’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee got a briefing last week. Program Manager Angela Poe said attendees got information about worm-based, stationary, and tumbling composters.
“Do a follow up with folks in six months to see if they are still feeling good about composting and whether or not they’ve assembled their composter and they’re using it and what sort of issues they’ve run into and whether or not there’s anything they wished they’d known before they started, that they didn’t know that will help us improve the workshops for future participants.”
Poe said the aim is to expand to 100 households in the next round of workshops. Council Member Jennifer Reynolds asked about expanding it even further.
“If we really want to make a difference in how we’re dealing with our waste and we’re only kind of reaching a hundred people a year then it’s going to take a long time to make a big communitywide impact. So, I would love to be able to look for ways to expand it,” said Reynolds.
Councilmember Liz Sheehan asked about working directly with composting vendors. Poe noted the first three workshops filled up with no advertising. She added there is strong interest in backyard composting.
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