County Waste Department offers free compost at landfills in Beaumont and Moreno Valley

Compost is available for free at the Badlands Landfill in Moreno Valley and Lamb Canyon Landfill in Beaumont. Residents must bring their own tools, wear appropriate apparel, and be able to secure or cover the compost to prevent it from spilling when vehicles are in motion. Valley News/Courtesy photo
RIVERSIDE COUNTY – The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has been making compost from organic clean green waste material processed at the Lamb Canyon Landfill compost facility and will make the finished compost material available for free.Piles of finished compost will be available to participants that want to load their own material. Lamb Canyon has been diverting clean green organic waste from landfilling by composting onsite and is now making nutrient rich compost available for free. Guests can load the material into their vehicles using their own shovels, scoops or buckets. Take compost home to incorporate into garden soil or use as mulch to help hold moisture in the soil during arid hot summers. There are many benefits to using compost in a garden like enriching soi
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