The Penn State Cooperative Extension, in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection, will hold backyard composting education workshops in 50 counties beginning in April.

The goal of the backyard composting program is to promote the recycling and reuse of yard trimmings, leaves, grass, kitchen scraps and other organic materials. County Extension agents and Master Gardener volunteers in each participating will teach the workshops. Participants in the workshops receive a free composting bin (1 bin per household).

To date this program has offered nearly 600 workshops in 64 counties and over 20,000 composting bins have been distributed.

To see if your county is offering workshops this Spring, visit the Backyard Composting webpage.

3/21/2008