Organics - Backyard Composting
Food Waste Composting - Learn about:
- worm bins,
- food digesters,
- composting food scraps,
- soil incorporation, and
- what food you can and cannot compost.
Yard Waste Composting - Learn about:
- cold composting,
- hot composting, and
- what yard waste you can and cannot compost.
Composting Program Information:
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Looking for Leaves for your Compost? The City of Olympia has FREE leaves available for composting. There is a 5-yard minimum and they are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please email publicworks@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 360.753.8588 to learn more.
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Compost at the Curb: Have too much compost for your yard? Add composting at the curb.
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WATER WISE Gardening: Be a WATER WISE gardener as well as composting.
Composting Reading Resources:
- Let it Rot, by Stu Campbell
- The Mulch Book, by Stu Campbell
- The Rodale Book of Composting, edited by Deborah Martin and Grace Gershuny
- Worms Eat My Garbage, by Mary Appelhoff
Composting Internet Resources:
Visit a Composting Demonstration Garden:
- Dirt Works, located on Alta Drive off Capital Mall Drive, behind Yauger Park and the Apple Park Apartments.
- Closed Loop Park, located off Hogum Bay Road at the Thurston County Waste & Recovery Center (Take Exit 111 north, off of I-5).
- The Farmer's Market, located downtown at the north end of Capitol Way.
Contacting Public Works: