ICAW Schools Competition

Calling all compost aficionados!

3-9 May 2026 is International Compost Awareness Week and as part of our celebration of all things compost we want to hear how you celebrate compost at your school or in your community. Do you collect food scraps in a school compost bin? Do you use compost in your school garden? Enter and tell us all about it*.

Competition entry is open to all New Zealand schools from preschool to high school (and home school hubs). Take a photo, make a video or design a poster and share it with us through our online entry form. One entry per school and all entries will go into the draw to win one of three $100 gift cards kindly donated by MITRE10*. That way you can buy just what you need for your school to continue with your composting efforts!

Get cracking (or gardening) - entries close at midnight on Friday 29th May.

*terms and conditions apply - see below for more details.

Competition terms and conditions

1. Entry into the competition or promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these conditions of entry.
2. Entry is open to any New Zealand school including any preschools (kindergarten, daycares, early learning centres etc) to high schools, or home schooling hubs.
3. One entry per school. Additional entries will be discounted from the final draw.
4. Entries must be uploaded through the official entry form on the WasteMINZ website.
5. Competition entry is open from Friday 1 May 2026 and closes at midnight on Friday 29 May 2026. No entries will be accepted after this time.
6. The entrant must be the original author of the work entered as described in the Copyright Act 1994.  Copyright in the work remains with the copyright holder and approval for entry and use in the competition or event is the responsibility of the entrant.
7. WasteMINZ reserves the right to disallow entries in its absolute discretion and without giving reasons.  
8. WasteMINZ reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of entries and determine the eligibility of entrants and to disqualify an entry or refuse to award a prize where false or misleading details have been given by an entrant, or where an entrant has behaved in a fraudulent or dishonest manner, or otherwise than in accordance with these terms and conditions or the spirit of the promotion. 
   
9. There will be three competition winners and each will receive a $100 MITRE10 gift card. The prize is not transferable, changeable or redeemable for cash. 
10. The winning entries will be drawn at random following the closing date of the competition and the winners notified by either phone or email.
11. All decisions made by WasteMINZ, including its employees or agents are final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
12. Once awarded, WasteMINZ is not liable for any part of the prize that has been lost, stolen, forged, damaged or tampered with in anyway. 
13. In the event that the prize becomes unavailable for any reason beyond the WasteMINZ control, WasteMINZ may in its sole discretion decide to provide an alternative prize.
14. WasteMINZ reserves the right to use any images, photos or video content, plus the name of the School, submitted in this competition in future marketing (e.g. email content, social media posts etc) for promotion of competition winners, ICAW and any other relevant or related initiatives (as appropriate) in the future.
15. WasteMINZ acknowledge the moral rights provisions of the Copyright Act 1994, including the right to be identified as the author of the work and the right to object to derogatory treatment of the work. To preserve the artistic integrity of the entry, no work will be intentionally edited, altered, demeaned or misrepresented in any way.
    The authorship of the entrant will be clearly acknowledged in each case of use. 
16. The act of submitting your entry will be considered as confirmation that you have sought and received parental permission of any students included in your content.  
17. This competition is being run by WasteMINZ (Waste Management Institute New Zealand) as part of its International Compost Awareness Week campaign.
18. WasteMINZ is not liable for any loss, damage, or injury suffered in connection with this competition or the prize.
19. Personal information collected will be used to manage the competition in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.