Free samples of Southdowns Fine Soil Conditioning Compost made from local green materials are being given away as part of the eighth annual Compost Awareness Week. The event, which runs from May 4 to May 10 2008, will be hosted by Beddingham based green waste recycling company, TJ Composting Services Ltd and local councils.

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) is delighted to announce funding for a research project to investigate vehicle operators’ exposure to dust and endotoxin in the composting sector and to evaluate current control measures. The research is being carried out by the Cardiff School of Health Sciences at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), and this funding has been made available through BOHS’s Research Funding Programme which offers up to £20,000 annually to support research in occupational hygiene and its underlying sciences and technology.