Composting food waste at Attingham Park

National Trust property Attingham Park in the village of Atcham, near Shrewsbury in Shropshire are reducing their waste to landfill and cutting CO2 emissions by composting the food waste produced by staff and customers at the site.

Supported by expertise from Shropshire Master Composters the site has invested in a RIDAN in-vessel composter which is made in the UK and gets hot enough to process all types of food waste.  

It is all part of a wider commitment to sustainable development, which has seen the Trust invest in local good growing, renewable energy, land management and recycling across this and other parts of its estate to help ensure the whole organisation is more sustainable.