International Compost Awareness Week 2024

May 5 – 11

A great time to celebrate all things COMPOST!

Help spread the word across Canada and globally with the hashtag #icaw2024.

Let’s celebrate the greatness of compost and it’s fundamental importance to Life on Planet Earth!

We look forward to our collective celebrations of the magnificence of compost! This year marks the 30th year of Compost Awareness Week in Canada. It is telling that the 1995 theme: The Green Wave of Recycling has expanded to our 2024 message: Compost… Nature’s Climate Champion.

Have a great International Compost Awareness Week

Press Release

INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK 2024 CELEBRATES NATURE’S CLIMATE CHAMPION

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LA SEMAINE INTERNATIONALE DE SENSIBILISATION AU COMPOST 2024 CÉLÈBRE LE CHAMPION CLIMATIQUE DE LA NATURE

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Compost Week Poster 2024

Canadian Gardeners: Stewards for Healthy Soils

Soil is fundamental to successful gardening. And it also offers major potential to pressing environmental concerns such as climate change.
Ensuring soil’s health comes down to six basic principles.
These are known as the 6Cs of Soil Health.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE

Compost Council of Canada Launches Initiative to Fight Climate Change through Organics Recycling and Soil Health Improvement

New initiative targets municipalities/communities and IC&I sector to reduce methane emissions, promote sustainable waste management and improve the health of our soils

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Le Conseil canadien du compost lance une initiative pour lutter contre le changement climatique grâce au recyclage des matières organiques et à l’amélioration de la santé des sols

Une nouvelle initiative vise les municipalités/communautés et le secteur ICI
pour réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre, les émissions de méthane, promouvoir une gestion durable des déchets et améliorer la santé de nos sols

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