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Getting excited about Compost Week 2021. Ballina Shire Council.
This year, International Compost Awareness Week runs from 2–8 May with the theme ‘Better Soil, Better Life, Better Future’.
The week aims to improve awareness on the importance of the role of compost as a valuable resource and to promote compost use, knowledge and products.
To celebrate, Ballina Shire Council has partnered with North East Waste, Ballina Community Garden and The Story Tree to curate a wonderful morning of free activities for all ages on Sunday 2 May from 9.30am to midday.
The morning will be held at the abundant Ballina Community Garden on the corner of Swift and Clarence Streets in Ballina. It will feature engaging compost workshops that welcome questions and the sharing of ideas. Families will also be able to make their own plastic-free beeswax wraps and listen to award-winning storyteller Jenni Cargill-Strong.
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Ballina Shire Council and other organisations have partnered together to celebrate Compost Week in early May.
International Compost Awareness Week is being observed from May 2 to 8 and this year it has the theme “Better Soil, Better Life, Better Future”.
The idea is to boost awareness of the role compost has as a valuable resource and to promote its use.
The council together with North East Waste, Ballina Community Garden and The Story Tree have arranged a morning of free activities for all ages from 9.30am to 12pn on Sunday, May 2.
“We’re really pleased with this result as it contributes to a circular economy where food scraps and garden waste are composted into a soil improver, which is then used to support the growing of more food and plants. The cycle has the capacity to continue perpetually,” the council’s waste education officer Samala Heart said.