This World Environment Day, we’re celebrating one of the simplest yet most powerful climate actions you can take: composting. Every banana peel, coffee ground, and veggie scrap we compost helps return nutrients to the soil, reduce methane emissions from landfill, and build more resilient, regenerative food systems.

But when we compost together, the impact multiplies.

Community composting is composting with care – care for our soil, our neighbours, and our planet. Australia-wide, communities are turning organic waste into rich, living compost while growing connection, education, and local solutions to global problems.

LOCCAL (Local Community Compost Alliance) aims to build a national movement to support community composters with education, advocacy, resources, and recognition. We believe community composting deserves the same legitimacy and support as any other waste infrastructure – because it is critical infrastructure for a healthier, more sustainable future.

Here a just some of the amazing composting initiatives around the country:

• Semaphore Compost Network, Adelaide, SA
• Soil Sisters in Singelton, NSW
• Kensington Community-Powered Compost Network, Melbourne, Vic
• Community Composting at Denmark Kwoorabup Community Garden, Denmark, WA
• Cafe worm farms Worms at Work, Melbourne, VIC
• University of Tasmania Inveresk Campus , Launceston, Tasmania
• Composting in high rise apartments, Melbourne, VIC
• School Composting at Camdenville Public School, Sydney, NSW
• Farm composting Loop Growers Circular Economy, Draper, QLD
• Verge Composting in Chippendale, Sydney, NSW
• Suburban garden community composting, Brisbane, QLD
• YIMBY Composters, Castlemaine, VIC
• Ballam Ballam Community Garden and Compost Hub, Melbourne, VIC
• Neighbourhood composting in Melbourne, VIC
• Community composting in inner city Melbourne, VIC
• Community composting hubs, Brisbane, QLD
• PEELS App which connects neighbours right across the country

This World Environment Day, join us! Whether you’re already composting, want to start or just love the idea of people-powered change, we would love you to join us at LOCCAL to help build a network and advocacy.

Support local. Compost together. Join LOCCAL – it’s free!

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