Georgetown: Residents of Block CC, Mon Repos, recently reaped the rewards of their composting efforts when they were able to gather the compost they made. Under the Clean Green Guyana Campaign funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and administered by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, a number of Block CC residents learnt the heap composting method from local composting expert, Mr. Rufus Lewis. Mr. Lewis visited the area several times over the course of the last six weeks and worked closely with these residents to show them how they could turn their kitchen and yard waste into a product called compost that could be used as a soil enhancer.
As part of this project, residents of Block CC placed their kitchen and yard waste in a community compost heap, following a process supervised by Mr. Lewis. Composting is often described as nature’s way of recycling as the process converts organic waste into a valuable product (compost) instead of that waste being disposed of by undesirable means like dumping or burning, thereby leading to cleaner, healthier communities. Further, by separating and diverting organic waste from the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill, composting helps to extend the life of the Landfill.
Community resident, Mr. HiralalBissessar, said that residents were pleased to learn how to compost and hoped to continue to do so in their backyards. He noted that the project progressed smoothly and that residents experienced no bad odours or presence of pests due to the compost heap as a result of Mr. Lewis’ constant supervision of the process.
Interested persons can find out more about the Clean Green Guyana’s composting initiative by visiting www.cleangreenguyana.com or the Project’s Facebook page on www.facebook.com/cleangreenguyana.
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