• Buy only what you can use, use what you buy.
• Donate extra food to food banks, shelters.

• Compost: Vermicomposting (using worms).

• Biodegradable food waste, mixed paper.
• Check library for how-to information.
• Do Not compost meat and dairy products
• Proper conditions must be maintained.

• In your home composting Bins/worms available from:

Natural Gardens
561-4938.

Can-O-Worms Alaska Vermicomposting, kit for summer and winter composting,
toll free: 1-888-422-2129.
Cheryl Paige 344-1718.

• Worms digest garbage faster than any other type of composting method, eating half their weight each day.
• Worms produce rich plant fertilizer.
• Approximately 20% of the total annual solid waste entering the Municipality of Anchorage landfill are compostables and can be diverted.

• Buy Alaska Gold potting soil, produced by Anchorage Regional Composting Facility.
• Produce your own potting soil at home with worm composting. Contact Cheryl Paige 344-1718.
• Chip branches and small wood scraps into mulch for your landscaping needs.

• Lawn clippings, branches, leaves, plants, scrap lumber.
• Call Anchorage Regional Compost Facility at 243-8577 for further information.

• Compost for your own use at home.
• Classes are given by Anchorage Regional Compost Facility
  243-8577 or take organic waste to them.
• Aspen Tree Surgery Contact Matt Tyrala @
  562-0001 for information on annual Christmas tree collection

• Composting produces a nutrient rich, weed free potting soil.
• Composting can be done year round, even in Alaska.
• Approximately 20% of the total annual solid waste entering the Anchorage Municipal Landfill are compostables and can be diverted.