Compost Awareness Day 2023

Free Event for the Compost Curious at County’s Compost Facility
This year's theme “For Healthier Soil, Healthier Food…Compost!” 

The Prince William County Solid Waste Division and its partners Freestate Farms, Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, and Keep Prince William Beautiful will host a Compost Awareness Day event on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will be held at the Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas. Attendees can learn about backyard composting, ask questions and find out about the composting process at the County’s state-of-the-art facility.

Event includes:

• Free compost samples (bring your own bucket)
• Compost bin sales
• Compost and gardening information
• Community beautification information
• Compost facility tours at 11:00 a.m. and 12 noon
• Food scraps collection

Attendees can take home a free compost sample in their own bucket, compliments of Freestate Farms.  Residents can also drop off food scraps to be composted. Compost bins will also be available for purchase. Compost facility walking tours will begin at 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon.

This Prince William County event supports International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), the compost industry's largest and most comprehensive education initiative.  ICAW promotes composting efforts in the backyard and, at large scale, commercial composting facilities, like the County’s Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, operated by Freestate Farms.

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