Composting is a process that allows organic materials such as yard waste and fruit and vegetable scraps to be broken down naturally and converted into a valuable soil additive. By setting up a home composting system, you can reduce the amount of trash your household sends to incinerators or landfills while producing a fertilizer for house or garden plants.

See Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's How to compost organic waste
See Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's How to compost with worms

Make Dirt Not Waste
Eureka Recycling offers fact sheets to help you set up a home composting system. There are two composting options to choose from: backyard composting and worm composting. 

Eureka Recycling, our non-profit zero-waste partner, completed the Composting Pilot in February, 2011. Homes in the three small project areas received detailed information about why composting organic waste is important, how to's about backyard and vermicomposting, how to reduce the amount of food waste from the home and comprehensive collection/drop off opportunities. Food scraps and other compostable materials were collected through a drop-off location, by a recycling truck, or by a bicycle pulling a trailer.

City of Saint Paul officials await a report and recommendations from Eureka Recycling regarding the possibilities for a citywide organics composting program. 

Learn more about the project.

Macalester Groveland neighborhood residents Organics Drop off Site information.