International Compost Awareness Week 2013 – May 6-12
A fun and educational week of events for;
promoting awareness of composting,
learning more about the many benefits of composting, and
broadening understanding of compost use
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry worldwide. It is celebrated each year in the first full week of May.
This international campaign will take place from 6 to 12 May this year, using the message How Does Your Garden Grow………Compost!’. During the week, compost producers at all scales, local authorities and composting sites are encouraged to raise awareness about reasons for making and using composts, and the benefits from doing this.
In Ireland there are around 20 events taking place ranging from Master Composters doing demonstrations on how to home compost, scouts setting up a wormery in Mayo, compost talks to GIY groups to the Cré Compost Industry Awards. Details on all the events can be found on www.cre.ie
In Ireland, ICAW is organised by Cré, www.stopfoodwaste.ie and WRAP Northern Ireland.
Poster Competition
As part of ICAW a poster competition was held to design a poster to promote ICAW. Many people and kids around the country entered the competition. Joint winners are Lia Brady and Charlotte Doolin from Malahide Community School.
click here to download the poster:
| Event | Location | Date & Time |
| Cré Industry Awards | Waterside House Hotel, Donabate | 10th @ 7.30pm |
| ‘Stop Food Waste’ Home Composting Sites demos & talks | Check our interactive map for locations and contact details for your local area see www.stopfoodwaste.ie | demonstrations & talks during the week |
| LCK Regional Waste Management Office | Riverfest, Limerick City | 3rd – 6th |
| Cork County Council | Carrigtwohill, Yougal, Inniscarra and Newmarket | Throughout May |
| Meath County Council Seminars | Navan, Sonaitre | Last two weeks of May |
| Roscommon County CouncilEvent with master composters | Frenchpark | 21st of May |
| Clare | Burren Slow Food Festival | |
| Galway | Series of events throughout the county | |
| Wicklow County Council | Series of events throughout the county | |
| Mayo County Council | Castlebar Master Composter Demo Site |
| “Meet the Master Composter” | Clare Garden Festival | 28 April at 11am-5pm |
| Setting up a wormery with local scouts | Lough Lannagh Holiday village, Mayo | May 16th |
| Composting/food waste prevention talk to Castlebar GIY Group | Family Resource Centre in Castlebar, Mayo | Evening of May 13th |
| Food waste prevention /composting talk with Cong Tidy Towns. | Cong, Mayo | Evening of May 2nd |
ICAW is being organised by Cré and is supported by WRAP Northern Ireland and www.stopfoodwaste.ie