Compost Workshop

4791 Round Valley Ranch Road,Paradise CA 95969

30 October, 2021

Description

This hands-on workshop will teach different ways to compost, troubleshooting your at-home composting, do’s and don’ts. Join the Camp Fire Restoration Project on Saturday, October 30th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a day dedicated to composting! You’ll learn different ways to compost, including 3-bin systems, windrows, static and thermal piles, and one lucky participant will receive a FULLY CONSTRUCTED WORM BIN to take home with them and start recycling their food scraps! Other topics will include troubleshooting your at-home composting, do’s and don’ts of compost pile/worm bin construction, and how to make sure you’re not contaminating your pile with unfriendly materials. The state of California recently passed AB 1826, which states California must divert organic waste from landfills….This includes things like food wastes and yard maintenance products. Cal Recycle helped to amend this law by including allowances for small-scale community composting programs. Under this program, Camp Fire Restoration Project is working to collect community food waste to create microbe-rich soil amendments for Paradise. Thus, Paradise Community Compost was born, where food scraps will be used to make compost that provides optimal microbial diversity and nutrients to gardens, farms, and surrounding ecosystems. Paradise Community Compost volunteers will also offer consultations for home-composters; this may include a site evaluation and recommendation for a composting system, and/or troubleshooting your existing system Become part of the waste solution! Carpool or ride your bike if you can—or drive right on in to Sol Sanctuary on Round Valley Rd., just off Clark on the south side of Paradise, for this informative and FUN workshop! Coffee, tea, water, and snacks will be provided!