Home Composting: From Trash to Treasure
Free presentation about how to compost organic waste at your home. Open to all area residents. Whately Public Library, Tues May 19 @ 6 PM
Home Composting: From Trash to Treasure
Tuesday, May 19, 6 pm
S. White Dickinson Memorial Library/ Whately Public Library
202 Chestnut Plain Road
Whately, MA 01093
With Amy Donovan, Program Director at Franklin County Solid Waste District
Free and open to all area residents.
Composting is a valuable way to reduce trash volume and costs, save money in your garden, and replenish garden soils. This presentation is free and open to all and will include easy how-to home compost instructions, tips for success, a demonstration of indoor worm bin composting, local resources to purchase low-cost compost bins and pails, educational handouts and yes/no guides, and information on how to participate in municipal or commercial composting.
Franklin County Solid Waste District manages recycling, composting, and hazardous waste programs for 21 member towns, including 17 municipal transfer stations franklincountywastedistrict.org. Over the past 19 years, Amy Donovan has set up dozens of classroom worm compost bins, started over 25 school cafeteria compost programs, and established 16 municipal compost programs.
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Posted: to General News on Fri, May 8, 2026
Updated: Fri, May 8, 2026