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Composting in Your Back Yard

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Vermont law bans food scraps from the landfill by July 1, 2020. There are a variety of ways to keep your food scraps out of the trash, but composting is one of the least expensive and most rewarding, especially if you will use it as a soil ammendment for your lawn or garden.

To get started quickly, you can purchase a pre-made Soil Saver compost bin, or Green Cone in-ground digester from CVSWMD at-cost. It's also inexpensive to build your own system. Scroll down for tips, guides and DIY bin plans. 

Never composted before? Download our Dirt on Composting booklet to get started, or join us at one of our free compost webinars. 


Tips & Guides

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Managing Fruit Flies Indoors and Outdoors
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Easy Compost Bin Plans

Check out this Simple 2-Bin Compost System how-to video CVSWMD designed and built, (pdf printable plans below).
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Office  | 137 Barre St, Montpelier VT 05602-3618| 802-229-9383 | comments@cvswmd.org
ARCC  | 540 No. Main St, Barre VT 05641    | 802-476-1900  
Office Hours: M - F, 8 - 4 | ARCC Hours: M, W, F , 10:30 - 5:30 and 3rd Saturdays, 9 - 1

CVSWMD Member Towns: 
Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, Bradford, Calais, Chelsea, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fairlee, Hardwick, Middlesex, Montpelier, Orange, Plainfield, Tunbridge, Walden, Washington, Williamstown, and Woodbury. 
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