IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dolores Choteborsky,

October 16, 2009

973-904-3979

PASSAIC COUNTY SPONSORS

COMPOST BIN SALE

WAYNE - Passaic County Office of Solid Waste and Recycling Programs will sponsor a compost bin sale day 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25, rain or shine.

The sale will be held at the Wanaque campus of Passaic County Community College, 500 Union Avenue, Wanaque.

The compost bins are specially priced at $50 each. Cash or a check will be accepted for payment.

“Composting is nature’s way of recycling”, said Nina Seiden, Passaic County Solid Waste and Recycling Program Coordinator.

“Vegetative kitchen scraps, coffee grinds, tea bags, grass clippings and dead garden plants can be turned into rich organic compost,” she added. “This compost can be used in gardens while keeping this material out of landfills.”

Educational seminars on how to compost will be held throughout the day. Free compost will be available for those who bring bags and a shovel.

Anyone wishing to purchase a bin must reserve one by calling the Passaic County Office of Solid Waste and Recycling Programs hotline at 973-305-5738 by Thursday, October 21. Leave name, phone number and number of bins to be purchased.

The Earth Machine Compost Bin is available, as well as kitchen scrap buckets, aerators, chicken-wire style holding bins and more. Those reserving bins by October 21 will receive a free kitchen scrap bucket.

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