Compost - the “Black Gold”
How to Home Compost
Households are responsible for around 30% of the total food waste in Australia. Decomposing food creates methane gas which is a major contributor to climate change. The good news: healthy plants start with “Black Gold” and this gold isn’t mined—it can be made right in your own backyard! We’ve made it super easy for you to get started. Just download our Home Composting Factsheet here and you’ll be yelling Eureka in no time!
Keep reading to enter our competition to win one of 9 x $100 gift cards.
Competition Time – How to Enter
Composting and FOGO is only part of the solution! The first thing households should do to reduce their food waste is by adopting the first 3 steps of the waste hierarchy: Avoid, Reduce and Reuse….before they get to the point of recycling.
Tell us in 25 words or less your best food waste hack – a tip to share with everyone on how you Avoid, Reduce or Reuse food in your house to prevent it from being wasted. All entries will go into the draw to win one of nine $100 Visa gift cards*, the more you enter the more chance you have of winning!
Have a littlie who likes to colour in? Download our FOGO cycle colouring in page, let your kids get creative, fill in their name, age, and a contact email and return to Compost Colouring-In competition, PO Box 46, Devonport TAS 7310. A winner from each age group will win a Banish Garden Tool combo valued at $38.00*.
*Competition only open to residents of Burnie, Circular Head, Central Coast, Devonport, Kentish, King Island, Latrobe, West Coast and Waratah Wynyard municipalities. Competition runs from 1st July 2025 to 31st August 2025. Winners will be notified by email. Gift cards and garden tools will only be posted to addresses within the above-mentioned local government areas.
