Huge Turnout for Compost Giveaway

More than 100 people came to Phoenix's Steele Indian School Park to get their hands dirty with some of the cleanest compost around. The city's Public Works Department recently held a compost giveaway for residents of the city. The compost is a result of residents participating in the Curbside Yard Waste program and landscapers participating in the Clean Green Yard Waste program. 

Residents eligible for the program receive a separate refuge bin for the sole purpose of repurposing green organic materials including grass clippings, tree branches and bushes. Those materials are taken to the city's transfer station and given to its compost facility operator WeCare Denali. They then properly transform the green waste into high-grade, certified compost.

At this public event, residents drove themselves through lanes of compost and collected what they wanted for their personal purposes. The event was well received and the city is planning on holding similar events in the future.