To celebrate International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) and our local efforts to take care of organic waste properly, we are hosting a compost giveaway.
Simply head to Singleton Waste Management Facility (car park below the Burragan Recycle Shop) between 9 - 11am to pick up your bags* and drop off your colouring pages!
* 2 x bags per household. Must be a resident of Singleton LGA. Must wear enclosed shoes and adhere to all other site rules of entry.
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is an annual initiative of the Centre for Organic Research & Education, promoting a week of activities, events and education to improve awareness of the importance of compost.
Click here for more information.
Composting is the most effective and efficient way to process food and garden waste materials. When these types of organic waste end up in landfill, they decay and create methane - a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide when released into the atmosphere.
Local household waste audit data (2017) shows that almost 50% of households in Singleton use more than 90% of their bins capacity, with 30% (3kgs) of this being food waste.
Composting serves to:
All registered participants in ICAW initiatives will go in the draw to win 1 of 5 prize packs to get started with diverting organic waste at home, including:
Winners will be drawn on 31 May 2023 and announced on Council’s Facebook Page.
Click here to download the colouring page, or pop into any of the listed Council facilities to pick one up! T&Cs apply.
Although food waste is not currently compatible for kerbside servicing, home compost and worm farm systems are an easy and effective way to remove food and organic waste from your general waste bin and divert it from our landfill.
Check out Gardening Australia's Compost 101 with Costa Georgiadis, where he explains all things compost including:
Your GO bin has a lime green lid and is collected fortnightly (opposite to Recycling). All households with an active waste service are entitled to this service provision.
What can go in your GO bin?
Head to Your Organics Bin for more information.
The materials collected through this service (as well as organic material collected at Singleton Waste Management Facility) are processed at Australian Native Landscapes in Tea Gardens, where it then becomes a range of quality composts and soil conditioners.
Council often holds compost giveaways using these very products – completing the cycle!
Free
Where: Singleton Community Gardens When: 10 – 11am, Sunday 7 May 2023
Where: Pages can be collected from Council facilities:
Submissions to be made in person at the ICAW events, at Councils Administration Building or via email to council@singleton.nsw.gov.au
When: Open for entries from 7-13 May 2023 Who: Ages 4-15 years
T+Cs Apply