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Messing with muck at Skelton Grange Environment Centre
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Posted: May 23, 2006
Skelton Grange's wildlife club gets composting!
Did you know that it’s compost awareness month? During May, the Composting Association are encouraging everyone to learn about the benefits and fun of composting. Here at Skelton Grange Environment Centre, we showed our wildlife club members how they can make their own wormeries, what to put in them, and how well plants thrive when they are grown in compost. They were able to see how biodegradable waste such as food can be turned into compost. Children designed posters to show other children visiting the centre which materials can and cannot be composted.
“It’s so important to get the children and their parents interested in composting because a huge percentage of rubbish which is thrown away and ends up on landfill sites, could be used as compost,” said centre manager, Caroline Crossley.
“Less waste going to landfill sites means that fewer harmful liquids and greenhouse gases are produced, so composting can really help our environment. Plus, the children get to have a lot of fun messing around with muck!”
Wildlife club takes place once every month at Skelton Grange Environment Centre, near Stourton, South Leeds. The award-winning Eco-centre welcomes thousands of children each year who visit for fun environmental activities in the specifically designed five-acre site, which includes ponds, a willow tunnel, woodland, an out-door classroom and music garden. For further information about wildlife club take a look at the wildlife club pages
