Compost

Subscribe to a green bin through your hauler’s curbside collection program. You can also create your own compost pile at home, try vermicomposting with worms, or practice grasscycling.

Learn how easy and fun it is to recycle your fruit and vegetable scraps, leaves, and plant cuttings into compost in these free workshops! Our composting workshops teach composting options suitable for those who live in single-family and multi-family homes, apartments, and those with or without a backyard.

When contaminants such as plastic, glass, and other items end up in the green bin, the result is contaminated compost that has fragments of glass, plastic, and other substances that are harmful to the environment. We’re making compost – let’s make it healthy! Learn more about how you can create healthy compost from your food scraps and yard waste.

The Sustainability Department partners with local community organizations and businesses to build vibrant community gardens and to promote sustainable composting techniques. The goal of the program is to provide the opportunity for community members to learn about composting from the gardens, and ultimately, be inspired to start composting at home.