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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

DIY Resources

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



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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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