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Free Compost Giveaway

  • 21 Apr 2012
  • 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Sweet Water Organics - 2151 S. Robinson St., Bay View
The Kompost Kids are Giving Away Free Compost 
April 21st (11 AM - 3 PM) behind Sweetwater Organics
2151 S. Robinson St., Bay View 53207

Kompost Kids Inc has selected Saturday April 21, 2012 to gift the 25 yards of compost created by dedicated volunteers who have gathered food residuals from area businesses as an alternative to Milwaukee’s already overwhelmed waste stream. 

In 2011 the Kompost Kids diverted over 30,000 pounds of food scraps and yard waste from the Milwaukee’s landfills. The Community Compost Site behind Sweetwater Organics is the first of its kind in the Milwaukee Area. The Community Compost Site was launched in 2009 as an experiment in urban composting. 

Residents and volunteers have been flipping, testing, and managing the compost pile, with the hopes of giving the ‘finished compost or black gold’ back to the community, The 25 yards of compost created in 2010 was ‘gifted’ to the Bay View Hide House Community Garden. 

One cubic yard of compost will cover a 324 sq. ft area with 1” of mulch, and retails at approximately $25 a yard. That is a lot of compost! Applicants have until April 10, 2012 to request Free compost by filling out an application at http://www.kompostkids.com/index.php/request-compost

Kompost Kids - Transforming Soil. Transforming Lives. Transforming our Communities.
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For further information contact Program Director, Kompost Kids Inc Melissa Tashjian,melissa.tashjian@kompostkids.com or 414-395-9931 or www.kompostkids.com

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Kompost Kids Inc - was founded in 2010, with the mission to educate the public, individuals, businesses, and institutions about the benefits of compost and to reclaim organic materials from landfills to create soil for community-based agriculture projects, is currently applying for 501(c)(3) status.
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