CoGG’s Composting Facility Site Tour
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Interested to know what happens to garden material you put in your green-lidded kerbside bin?
Venue: Meet at the site, 400 Staceys Rd, Anakie. Look for the large black gates on the north side of the road and continue down the gravel haul road for 4km. Please observe the 40km/h speed limit.
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Don’t miss this informative site tour of the City of Greater Geelong’s Garden Organics Processing Facility near Anakie, which opened recently. Opened in August 2018, the $3.5m plant is now processing about 35,000 tonnes of garden organics. Participants will learn about the various steps in the composting process including: decontamination, shredding, windrow turning, pasteurisation, maturation and screening. They’ll also see how each batch is tested to ensure it is weed and pesticide free and meets the Australian Standard.
- Join us for this fascinating, 1.5 hour tour as we discover what happens to our green waste when it reaches it’s final destination
- Please wear closed-toe shoes, bring a water bottle and a container if you’d like some free compost
- Please arrive 15 mins before the scheduled departure time of the tour
- Bookings close 2pm the day prior to each tour
BYO container if you’d like to take home a free sample of their premium aged compost.
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