Pembrokeshire County Council's home composting initiative is to receive a boost thanks to an additional £112,000 granted by the Welsh Assembly Government. Many free compost bins have already been distributed to homes across Pembrokeshire, with gardens reaping the benefits and householders enjoying the knowledge they are helping the environment. The extra funds will enable the council to gift even more bins, with most homes in the area benefiting by the completion of the scheme. Much of the kitchen or garden waste we all produce every day can be composted at home. The rewards are not only to the individual with free nutrient rich compost but to the environment by reducing the emission of the greenhouse gas, methane, from landfill sites and the need for transportation of waste from home to landfill. Welsh Assembly Government funds, assigned to sustainable waste management projects country- wide as part of its national waste strategy, have already helped Wales to exceed its 2003/04 targets to compost or recycle 15 per cent of municipal waste and put us on course for 2006/07 targets. Home composting is not currently counted within these statistics but measures are being put in place to change this, in order to reveal the full extent of compostable waste being saved from landfill. Pembrokeshire is piloting the free compost bin scheme which will be assessed with a view to extending it across Wales should it prove successful. Minister for Environment Carwyn Jones said: "Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill is essential if Wales is to sustainably manage the waste it produces now and in the future. "The people of Wales have much to be proud of in what has been achieved so far through a radical transformation in the way in which we think about our rubbish. "Still, there is much to do and it is now for us to look to the future. We must build on our efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle, minimising landfilled waste and reducing the energy consumed through the harvest of new raw materials." The council's plans for a borough-based waste treatment facility have also received support with a £125,000 Assembly Government grant. The plant will treat leftover waste that cannot be recycled or composted. A resource located within the borough will allow for more efficient processing given the relatively remote location of many parts of the borough from existing facilities. Building a new facility will also enable more sustainable treatment processes to be explored. Pembrokeshire's schemes are two of eight projects for better municipal waste management that are set to share in an additional £1.167m from the Welsh Assembly Government to support the implementation of Wise About Waste, Wales' national waste strategy.