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Long Beach Community Compost



Collection Hours 

Fridays: 8AM - 9:30AM
Sundays: 10AM - 11:30AM

Collection Address

2714 California Ave

Contact

crew@lbcommunitycompost.org

2025 Highlights

MLK Day of Service.
Building Our Garden.
St. Luke’s Garden-To-Table Reception.
Earth Day Events.

2024 Highlights 

3-Bin Compost System Build.
Community Outreach.
MLK Day of Service.
Zine Making.
Free Palestine Screen Printing Fundraiser.
Long Beach Plant Club Annual Plant Share.

DIY Resources

Composting 101 Training Guide
Community Composting: A Practical Guide Organize a Community Composting Program



︎The Crew Collective
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Xinyu
︎ Wynn
︎ Talia
︎ Steve
︎ Reth
︎ Renate
︎ Regina
︎ Meghan
︎ Kirk
︎ Kathryn
︎ Katherine
︎ Dain
︎ Celeste
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Andi


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Mark





What’s in it?!

Carbon/Brown
we primarily use mulch

Nitrogen/Green
your food scraps

Air/Oxygen
we turn piles

Water
courtesy of our trusty garden hose

Love 
courtesy of our crew and beautiful community of volunteers
Bacteria
responsible for most of the decomposition and heat generation in compost

Fungi
numerous during both mesophilic and thermophilic phases of composting


Actinomycetes
most commonly seen toward the end of the composting process





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