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03/12/2010: "Free Composting Workshops"

Las weekend on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan, San Juan County Solid Waste Division, WSU Extension Master Gardeners, WSU Ag Program,and the San Juan Islands Conservation District held workshops for the public on how to compost food and yard waste to build healthy, productive soil with improved water-holding capacity.

The program theme was "Why should we compost?" The answer is, composting is nature’s recycling system……easy and convenient once you learn the science and art of it; and:

• You can save money on your trash disposal bill.
• You won’t have to bag up your yard waste to take to the solid waste facility.
• Composting saves landfill space and reduces methane (a corrosive greenhouse gas).
• Composting turns your yard and kitchen waste into a free soil amendment for your plants.
• Burning leaves and brush produces air pollution…so why not add them to your compost instead?

Contact 370-0503 for more information.