International Composting Awareness Week

4-10 May, 2025

Did you know, an estimated 300,000 tonnes of food scraps is produced annually in NZ, most of which still go to landfill?

This International Composting Awareness Week, we are encouraging households and communities to explore the benefits of composting and start your composting journey! Instead of viewing food scraps and organic materials (such as lawn and garden clippings) as waste, we should view it as a resource.

Find out more about ICAW and see some handy tips and tricks about composting below.

This year’s theme for ICAW is Sustainable Communities Begin with Compost! Because when we're repurposing the food that would go into the landfill, we're creating fresh nutrients for the soil, which regenerates the earth and provides healthier food for everyone in the community.

Composting empowers communities to manage their own waste, create job opportunities and support healthy soils with locally made compost.

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