Help your garden grow!

There’s no better time than now to start composting! The Carlisle Household Recycling Committee is pleased to announce that it can provide easy to assemble, high quality composting bins to residents at cost through a program offered by the Massachusetts DEP. An indoor kitchen scrap collector and two outdoor bin styles are available. Samples of the bins will be on display at the Carlisle Household Recycling Booth during Old Home Day, June 27th. Bins may be ordered at the Recycling Booth on Old Home Day. Can’t wait to get started? Place an order by calling 978-287-4270 or emailing lzimmaro@alum.bu.edu. 

  


Carlisle residents get composters at low cost!

 

Did you know that every year Massachusetts residents fill enough trash bags to circle the earth two and a half times? Studies show that two thirds of our trash can be eliminated by recycling and composting. Reducing the amount of trash outsourced to landfills and incinerators is a win-win-win opportunity. Smaller loads of trash hauled away result in lower disposal costs for the town, lower negative environmental impact for the planet, and recovery rather than loss of resources. When you return resources to the soil by composting, that third ‘win’ shows up as healthier gardens and lawns and happy gardeners! 

 

Bin pricing, capacity, and photos are displayed below.

 

Kitchen Scrap Container: $8.00 (33% savings!)     

1.9 gallons                                           

 

Kitchen Organics Container

 

Earth Machine: $38.00 (62% savings!)                       New Age Machine: $53.00 (24% savings!)

10 year warranty                                              10 year warranty

Holds 11 cubic feet of material                              Holds 24 cubic feet of material