Big month is May as it brings International Compost Awareness Week (3rd – 9th May) highlighting the National and indeed International importance of supporting composting whenever organic materials have no other use.
This year’s compost poster was won by Endurance Oye of Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria as the 2026 ICAW Poster Contest winner. Endurance’s poster was selected from hundreds of entries submitted by artists around the world and stood out for its depth, storytelling, and powerful connection to this year’s theme: Compost! Feed the Soil That Feeds Us.
This month then is a great time for us to promote Community Composting to ensure the greatest participation, benefits and enjoyment can occur as close as possible to where plants and foods are grown and consumed – for the good of our own welfare as well as the rest of the planet we share with everyone and everything.
Loccal was formed two years ago to promote Community Composting – really all home and decentralised composting efforts – but in particular where materials are sought / accepted from beyond any one household, or where public composting occurs as in community gardens / accessible shared spaces / compost hubs. Loccal allows us to witness, learn from, or emulate the hundreds of examples of community composting across Australia – in dense cities, other suburbs, regional towns and farmlands.
Community Composting maximises participation and knowledge transfer in making and sustaining composting and the creation of truly circular economy – indeed to help us be stewards of Nature’s Economy.
In addition to promoting events during ICAW, Loccal is hosting a National Community Composters Convergence! – Celebrating International Compost Awareness Week.
Join composters from across Australia for an inspiring online gathering to close out International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) 2026!
When: Sunday, May 10, 2026 | 7:00 PM AEST/ 5:00 PM AWST/ 6:30 PM ACST
Where: Online via Google Meet (you will be sent the link on registration)
Cost: Free or by donation
This year’s ICAW theme, “Compost! Feed the Soil that Feeds Us,” highlights the vital role compost plays in sustaining life on land. LOCCAL (LOcal Community Compost ALliance Australia) is bringing together community composters nationwide to share insights, celebrate our collective work, and connect with others keeping nutrients cycling locally.
Register here:
One Week or a Whole Month to Raise Composting Awareness.
Not content with a week of content, Dr Ernie from Soil Sisters Singleton, is undertaking a 30 Day Compost Content Challenge. Why not join her in discovering or sharing something new about composting every day for 30 days?
LOCCAL Collaboration News
Community Composting goal of LOCCAL are being advanced with groups with overlapping goals. Partnerships to date have been confirmed with 3 other national groups –
These partnerships offer opportunities to allow us to promote each other’s mutual goals and activities – to extend the scope and overlap of our respective enterprises.
Meanwhile, LOCCAL goes to print…
with an article in the Community Development Journal, New Community
A refereed article describing our development – See Binder, Harbott, Thakuri, Walsh & Wearne (2026), A local alliance on a national scale: the story of LOCCAL – the Local Community Composting Alliance of Australia, New Community – Community Development Responding to the Ecological Changes, Vol 24(1), Issue 93, pp7-15.
Other News to Hand:
YIMBY Compost Petition
Location: Mt Alexander Shire, Victoria
YIMBY Composters have started a petition to ask Mount Alexander Shire Council to delay the rollout of FOGO collection until 2030 to allow Council and the community a chance to find better options.
How can we promote and realise the full value of community comosting whilst Governments mandate the provision of industrial scale waste management.
How can small & medium scale and city wide composting systems compliment each other?
Find / Share more Composting Stories on our LOCCAL platforms:
LOCCAL – Local Community Compost Alliance – Australia website:
https://www.loccal.org.au/
Loccal Facebook pages – https://www.facebook.com/LOCCAL.AUS
LOCCAL Linkedin entries- https://www.linkedin.com/company/loccal-community-compost-alliance-australia/
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