COMPOSTING
Compost Bin Plans and Retailers
Building your own bin doesn't have to be expensive or difficult. There are many compost bin plans out there; some are very simple and some are more involved. For plans to build your own compost bin, click here.
To purchase a bin, visit your local hardware or gardening store.
2013 Backyard Composting Program
MMSB has partnered with 28 municipalities to offer compost bins to residents at a reduced cost. Communities will also be hosting free, Learn to Compost information sessions. This partnership encourages communities to provide residents with the knowledge and tools needed to start composting. If you are a resident of the following communities, you may contact your town for more information.
2013 Participating Communities:
| Bird Cove | Kippens |
| Bishop's Falls | Lark Harbour |
| Campbellton | Marystown |
| Clarenville | New Perlican |
| Conception Bay South (CBS) | NorPen/ St. Anthony |
| Conne River | Old Perlican |
| Corner Brook | Paradise |
| Deer Lake | Pasadena |
| Dover | Placentia |
| Flatrock | Port au Choix |
| Gambo | Portugal Cove-St. Phillips |
| Grand Bank | Springdale |
| Happy Valley-Goose Bay | Stephenville |
| Harbour Grace | Twillingate |
In Spring 2011, MMSB partnered with 53 Municipalities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador to offer backyard compost bins at a reduce rate to residents with an opportunity for residents to participate in an educational training session on successful backyard composting. If you are a resident of the following communities, you may contact your town for more information on the availability of compost bins. Many towns who were part of the 2011 Program have sold out of compost bins. However, the towns in bold below may still have compost bins in stock.
| Appleton | Kippens |
| Arnold's Cove | Labrador City |
| Bay Robert's | Lawn |
| Baytona | Leading Tickles |
| Bonavista | Logy Bay |
| Botwood | Long Harbour & Mt. Arlington Heights |
| Campbellton | Makkovik (Labrador) |
| Cape Broyle | Marystown |
| Cow Head | McIvers |
| Chance Cove | Mary's Harbour |
| Carbonear | Nain (Labrador) |
| Centreville | New-Wes-Valley |
| Channel-Port aux Basques | Norman's Cove-Long Cove |
| Colliers | Northern Arm |
| Conception Bay South | Northern Peninsula Regional Service Board |
| Conception Harbour | Parsons Pond |
| Conne River | Pasadena |
| Corner Brook | Port Rexton |
| Daniel's Harbour | Small Point-Broad Cove-Blackhead-Adam's Cove |
| Deer Lake | St. Lawrence |
| Gambo | St. Lewis (Labrador) |
| Gander | St. Paul's |
| Glenwood | Stephenville Crossing |
| Glovertown | Summerford |
| Grand Bank | Sunnyside |
| Harbour Breton | Torbay |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | Trinity |
| Heart's Delight-Islington | Trinity Bay North |
| Holyrood | Wabana |
| Irishtown-Summerside | Whiteway |