International Compost Awareness Week: May 3-9, 2026
Compost: Feed the Soil the Feeds Us!
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry, led by the Compost Research and Education Foundation. Celebrated internationally, the goal of ICAW is to work together to raise public awareness on why we all should be composting our organics and using compost to create healthier soil. The program includes a theme and a poster contest held in the fall, as well as events worldwide hosted by schools, libraries, municipalities, nonprofits, and businesses to promote all types of composting and compost-use.
ICAW Outreach & Community Leader Support
This toolkit will be updated for 2026 as soon as it is released by CREF. Many of these social media tools and graphics are still applicable from 2025.
ICAW Booklist Ideas
Regenerating the Cycle: A Lunch and Learn Webinar in Partnership with Terra.do
May 6th, 12-1pm (ET)
Link to register TBA
This session will be led by Christine Wittmeir, NCCC’s Board Member and Treasurer. Christine also serves as the Organics Recycling Team Lead in the Recycling Materials Management Section at the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Service. In this role, she provides statewide technical assistance on organics recycling, manages the Food Waste Reduction Grant program, and leads North Carolina’s food waste precention campagin, Use the Food NC.
Are you hosting an ICAW event in North Carolina?
Thanks to the Illinois Food Scrap and Composting Coalition for organizing these ICAW resources:
