Compost Workshop (ICAW)

International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is an annual initiative of the Centre for Organic Research & Education, promoting a week of activities, events and education to improve awareness of the importance of compost.

Click here for more information.

All registered participants in ICAW initiatives will go in the draw to win 1 of 5 prize packs to get started with diverting organic waste at home, including:

• 1 x Tumbleweed compost or warm farm kit
• 1 x Tumbleweed kitchen caddy
• 1 x $50 Spend in Singleton gift card
• 1 x bag of premium compost

Winners will be drawn on 31 May 2023 and announced on Council’s Facebook Page.

Click here to download the colouring page, or pop into any of the listed Council facilities to pick one up! T&Cs apply. 

Your GO bin has a lime green lid and is collected fortnightly (opposite to Recycling). All households with an active waste service are entitled to this service provision. 

What can go in your GO bin?

• Grass clippings 
• Prunings 
• Weeds 
• Leaves
• Flowers 
• Plants
• Bark 
• Sticks and Small Branches (max. diameter 10cm) 
• Roots (max. diameter 10cm)
• Palm Fronds

Head to Your Organics Bin for more information.

What happens to the materials after collection? 

The materials collected through this service (as well as organic material collected at Singleton Waste Management Facility) are processed at Australian Native Landscapes in Tea Gardens, where it then becomes a range of quality composts and soil conditioners.

Council often holds compost giveaways using these very products – completing the cycle!