Composting How-to Offered in Workshops

Free composting workshops to help Lancaster County residents recycle organic waste will be held at four locations in September and October.

The workshops are sponsored by the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority as part of its mission to manage the county’s waste and recyclable materials in an environmentally safe, reliable and efficient manner.

Composting advocates say the process is an excellent way to recycle organic waste such as vegetable scraps, grass clippings, leaves and other materials, and turn them into a useful and valuable product.

For the third year, the authority is organizing free workshops to show residents how to recycle the “good garbage” that is typically put out with the trash.

Host municipalities will provide free composting bins to a member from each family that attends a workshop.

All workshops are on Saturdays, from 10 to 11 a.m.

Workshop pre-registration is required to ensure every family attending receives a home composting bin. Residents should register with the municipal recycling coordinator where the workshop is being held. Workshops are limited to the first 40 people to register for each venue.

Workshops will be held:

Sept. 15 at the Warwick Township Municipal Building, 315 Clay Road, Lititz. To register, contact the Warwick Township Recycling Coordinator at 626-8900 or e-mail bkreider@warwicktownship.org.

Sept. 22 at Little Chiques Park, entrance located in the 200 block of Park Avenue, between East Main Street and North High Street, Mount Joy. To register, contact the Mount Joy Borough Recycling Coordinator at 653-2300 or e-mail lindsey@mountjoypa.org.

Sept. 29 at the Manheim Township Compost Park located at 2775 Oregon Pike, Lititz. To register, contact the Manheim Township Recycling Coordinator at 569-6406, ext. 129, or e-mail wherrr@manheimtownship.org.

Oct. 13 at the Upper Leacock Township Municipal Building located at 36 Hillcrest Ave., Leola. To register, contact the Upper Leacock Township Recycling Coordinator at 656-9755 or e-mail bhink@ultwp.com.

The Penn State Master Gardeners of Lancaster County will conduct the workshops on the basics of composting, materials that should be used, and the issues of temperature and moisture. Activity books will be provided for children.

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