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Earth Machine Backyard ​Composting Bins Available For Purchase

The Transfer Station and Recycling Committee (TSARC) offers Earth Machine backyard compost bins (80 gallon) to Medfield residents for $35.

Earth Machine Backyard Compost Bins Available For Purchase

It is time to take steps to regenerate the soil.

Composting household vegetable and fruit scraps with leaves, yard waste, and dirt makes a mulch to enrich soil. A myriad of small organisms decompose the food scraps and yard ingredients to produce compost. Backyard composting reduces a family's carbon footprint by processing food and yard waste to use on-site.

It is time to take steps to regenerate the soil. Composting household vegetable and fruit scraps with leaves, yard waste, and dirt makes a mulch to enrich soil. A myriad of small organisms decompose the food scraps and yard ingredients to produce compost. Backyard composting reduces a family's carbon footprint by processing food and yard waste to use on-site.

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The Transfer Station and Recycling Committee (TSARC) offers Earth Machine backyard compost bins (80 gallon) to all Medfield residents for $35 (subsidized by Mass DEP and Medfield TSARC).

The compost bin includes a twist-locking lid, harvest door, and a user guide.

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If interested, email a request to Barb Meyer (bwmp2052@verizon.net) with subject line “Compost Bin”.

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