Skip to main content

Home Composting & Green Landscaping

Composting is a convenient, beneficial, and inexpensive way to handle your organic waste and help the environment.
Skip table of contents

Table of Contents

Backyard Composting

Video: Home Composting for Zero Waste 
Infographic: Why Should I Compost? (PNG 780.53 KB)
Home Composting Tips: A Guide to Composting Yard & Food Waste (PDF 479.24 KB)
Preparando Abonos en Casa (PDF 130.6 KB)
Poster: Composting is Easy (PDF 293.03 KB)
Don't Trash Grass (PDF 480.66 KB)
No Tire el Pasto! (PDF 90.37 KB)
Get a Low-Cost Compost Bin 

Indoor Composting

MassDEP Fact Sheet: How to Control Fruit Flies & Fungus Gnats (PDF 25.91 KB)
MassDEP Fact Sheet: Vermicomposting - Indoor Composting with Worms (PDF 32.86 KB)

Composting Instruction & Learning

Home Composting Workshops & Demonstrations 
Teaching Residents About Composting: Outline & Talking Points (PDF 30.97 KB)
Presentation: Home Composting for Zero Waste (PDF 2.28 MB)
Infographic: Why Should I Compost? (PNG 780.53 KB)
MP3: Composting for the Earth (The Compost Song) (MP3 4.56 MB)

© 2021 by Ann McGovern. Use authorized for educational purposes only.

Sustainable Lawn & Garden Practices

Lawns & Landscapes in Your Watershed 
Lead Contamination in Your Yard: Reducing the Risks (PDF 25.1 KB)
Reducing Pesticide Use in Lawn Care (PDF 275.31 KB)
MassDEP Fact Sheet: Christmas Tree Recycling (PDF 18.76 KB)

Contact

Online

janice.pare@mass.gov
Feedback