Your homemade compost is needed for local research!
Do you make compost at home from your kitchen or food waste?
Rukaiya Rifhat is a PhD researcher at the University of Canterbury investigating microplastics and other contaminants in food-waste compost and what they may mean for soil health.
Christchurch-based volunteers are needed who can contribute a household compost sample for analysis.
Contact researcher Rukaiya Rifhat for more information if you are interested (rukaiya.rifhat[at]pg.canterbury.ac.nz).