hom composting is an interesting alternative to cetralised composing. since the landfill directive came into force in 1999(CEc, 1999),the organic faction of waste going to landfills in the European Union has been diverted to other treatment facillities such as composting plants. this has generated a greater need for well-managed composting plants or the possibility of avoiding organic waste in municipal waste streams by composting at home. the actual amount of organic household waste (OHW) that is composted st home and thereby diverted that approximately 20 of OHW could be diverted to home composting in a study area ever, depends on the motivation of the people in the survey area compared with the motvation of people in the average home composting community