No council lorries, no bonfires: how community composting took off in an English village

Faced with burning or transporting their garden waste, Thrupp residents in Gloucestershire built their own composting siteIn the village of Thrupp, where houses are spread out over steep winding roads in the narrow Frome Valley, it's difficult for lorries to get through to collect garden waste.It leaves some residents with the choice of lengthy car trips to a nearby town to take their green waste to a facility, or burning their rubbish in small bonfires that have prompted many irate social media posts. Continue reading...