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City of Orlando offering free home composters

March 14, 2016 by Lindsay Diven

Did you know that 24-percent of the municipal solid waste stream is food and yard waste? A great way to reduce your landfill contribution and create your own nutrient rich soil is home composting.

The City of Orlando offering free home composters and workshops to residents of the City of Orlando through Mayor Buddy Dyer’s Green Works initiative.

Click here to sign up to receive your free composter. See the City’s backyard composting handbook for more information about the benefits of composting and how to get started with your own composting bin! (Check with your HOA guidelines before requesting your composting bin.)

Click here to sign up to receive your free composter!

Composting Guides

Backyard Composting Handbook
UF compost guide
EPA compost guide

Composting Workshops

The City of Orlando and the Orange County IFAS Extension Office are partnering to bring you free composting workshops. Residents of the City of Orlando can pick up a FREE backyard composter. The first 20 attendees will receive a FREE kitchen scraps collector!

    • March 16th, 2016
      6:30pm – 8pm
      Northlake Park School
      Cafeteria
      9055 Northlake Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32827
      407.852.3500

Eventbrite - Get Dirty! Composting Workshop and Giveaway

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