International Compost Awareness Week

Sunday 1 May to Saturday 7 May 2022

International Compost Awareness Week is celebrated every year on an International basis in May to raise awareness to the benefits of composting and to encourage people to compost wherever they are in the world!

Residents from the Newry, Mourne and Down area can celebrate Compost Awareness Week by getting involved with the Council’s FREE Compost Giveaway.

Green fingered residents can collect one bag of compost at the ‘giveaway’ events on Friday 6 or Saturday 7 May at any of our 10 Household Recycling Centres.

The compost is distributed on a first come, first served basis, so get there early to avoid disappointment.

Supplied by Natural World Products, the compost is made from garden waste recycled at the HRC’S and the contents of the brown bin collected from Newry, Mourne and Down households.

Last year over 28,000 tonnes of biodegradable waste was diverted from landfill.