International Composting Awareness Week (ICAW) 2010:
Sunday 1st May - Saturday 7th May 2010.
"Approximately 60% of the rubbish Australians put in the everyday mixed-waste ‘garbage bin’ could be put to better use in the garden as compost and mulch or could be returned to agricultural land to improve soil quality." Source: ICAW Web site
The theme for ICAW 2010 was "Compost, Help Scrap Carbon Pollution". The International Composting Awareness (ICAW) 2010 focusing on how households can divert their organic waste into home composting and worm farming systems to produce nutrient rich stabilized organic matter, which can be used to benefit household gardens.
Several workshops on topics relating to home composting, worm farming and sustainable gardens occurred within Western Australia, such as how to set up a worm farm, composting for plant health and using compost with confidence in open space, sportsfield and roadside applications. For a full list of the workshops and demonstrations click here
There are many downloadable resources available at the ICAW web site, such as "Benefits of Composting 2010", "Reducing soil erosion using compost materials facts sheet" and "Conserving water using compost materials".
Also the Compost for Soils web site has information on the benefits of compost and details about the compost industry in Western Australia.
For other information that can be used by schools on how to recycle organic waste please visit the Wastewise Schools web site.
