Compost giveaway

Does your soil need more nutrients to create a lavish garden? You’re in luck! 

This compost comes from your residential green organic carts at home and at work. The food scraps collected from the green carts are sent to two commercial composting facilities where it goes through a process where it breaks down back into a soil-like product, also known as finished compost. The finished compost is a helpful soil amendment, jam-packed full of nutrients, which is great for gardens and landscaping projects.

To make high-quality compost, please keep plastics out of the green compost carts and bins. To request free kitchen pail, please contact Recology at 650-595-3900 or learn how to compost at home.

Residents can pick up free compost while supplies last.

No appointment is necessary.

The event is self-serve so please bring your own shovels, gloves and containers to fill.

Need more?

If you need more compost in the meantime, feel free to visit Shoreway Environmental Center. The facility offers year-round free compost. Please bring proof of residency and no appointment is needed. Residents are limited to take two 50-lb bags each week.

When

Location

Burgess Park parking lot, Alma Street and Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, View map