Ardentown Composting Site

Among the various compost activities, for all ages, are:
The filling of the eight compost units of the "Compost Demonstration Site" or “Compost Park”, an outdoor education center. Bring a bag of leaves and your kitchen scraps like coffee grounds, banana peels and other organic material (keep separate from leaves). Arden's Youth and Scouts will assist in carrying the filled 5-gallon containers to all units, which helps start the composting process.

• Try the compost grab barrel.
• Meet and feed the worms in wormbox.
• Information and handouts about composting at home.
• Bring your completed worm word search, see backside and qualify for winning a Recycle Game, a game like Monopoly.
• Qualify to win a Prefabricated Compost Bin, $45 value, by filling out the “Win A Bin” section of this paper.
• Sign up for a free one-hour compost session.
• Nature walk in the Glen, (woods behind Candlelight).
• No raindate. Some compost activities are held inside the Candlelight.      

The Ardentown Composting Site has two components

• Two large three-bin units for Ardentown's leaves and wood chips.
• A Compost Demonstration Site for residents and friends of the three Ardens.

As part of the town of Ardentown's goal of reducing the 19% of the waste stream that is yard waste, a public Composting Site is created.

The October 2005 issue of the Arden Page includes an 8-page "Start Composting Today" brochure for your use. If more of these brochures are needed or if there are compost related questions, please call Hetty Francke: 475-9157.

Members of the "Ad Hoc Committee" of the Ardentown Public Works & Safety Committee are delighted to prepare and execute this very important recycling / composting project. We have only one Planet Earth! Let us take care of it and make a difference. Think Globally, Act Locally.
- Hetty Francke, Maryann Nelson, Elaine Schmerling.

This project is funded in part by a grant from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Recycling Public Advisory Council. For information about the Recycling Assistance Grant Program, call: 302-739-9403.