Get your garden growing by picking up compost at the Region’s Spring Compost Give Away
Release Date: Apr 13, 09
Halton Region’s popular Spring Compost Give Away returns this year from Monday, May 4 until Saturday, May 9. The event runs from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day at the Halton Waste Management Site (HWMS), 5400 Regional Road 25 in Milton.
Compost will be available for residents as a result of their success in diverting over 40,000 tonnes of yard waste from the landfill last year. The rich, garden-friendly compost has been produced from all of the leaves, brush and other yard waste material residents have set out for collection in the Region’s yard waste program and from materials dropped off at the HWMS.
“During the 2008 Spring Compost Give Away event, 4,340 residents came to the Halton Waste Management Site and picked up approximately 2,000 tonnes of compost,” said Gary Carr, Halton’s Regional Chair. “Halton residents should be proud that the Compost Give Away program exists as a result of their ongoing dedication to diverting compostable material away from the landfill.”
At last year’s spring event, Halton residents also donated 6,000 kilograms of food and $9,764 which was donated to local food banks. Residents attending this year’s Spring Compost Give Away are again encouraged to bring a donation of a non-perishable food item or to provide a cash donation, which will once again be given to local food banks.
More than 2,000 tonnes of processed compost will be available to residents this spring. Residents must bring their own bags or containers (maximum seven per household) and a shovel in order to bag their own compost.
Information on composting and the Region’s waste programs will also be available upon request.
For more information on the Spring Compost Give Away contact Halton Region at 
905-82…
, toll free 1-866-4…, TTY 905-82… or visit www.halton.ca/waste.
The Regional Municipality of Halton serves more than 450,000 residents in the City of Burlington, the Town of Halton Hills, the Town of Milton, and the Town of Oakville. Halton Region is committed to meeting the needs of its residents through the delivery of cost-effective, quality programs and services, including water and wastewater; Regional roads and planning; emergency medical services; waste management; public health; Ontario Works (formerly social assistance); children’s and seniors’ services; social/non-profit housing; heritage programs; emergency management and business development. For more information, dial 311 or visit Halton Region’s website at www.halton.ca.
