Keeping Food Waste Out of the Landfill

DID YOU KNOW? OVER 30% OF BLAINE COUNTY’S WASTE THAT ENDS UP IN THE LANDFILL IS COMPOSTABLE.

WHAT TO COMPOST:

CARBON (BROWNS)

• Dried leaves & plant material • Cardboard • Straw • Paper • Sawdust

NITROGEN (GREENS)

• Food waste (no meat or dairy!) • Fresh grass clippings • Fresh manure

THREE-BIN COMPOST SYSTEM

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Stack layers of carbon and nitrogen - keep moist Turn and move material from Bin 1 to Bin 2 Turn to finish composting

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Add finished compost to your garden for healthy, nutrient-dense soil!

Learn more about composting at a 5B Resilience Gardens workshop (see page 64) or get involved with community composting by volunteering at The Hunger Coalition’s anaerobic composter.