Free Compost Bins Offered by Evanston Public Works
The fall season is right around the corner and with it comes the annual problem of what to do with the fallen leaves. While residents can either bag them in special yard waste bags with a yard waste sticker affixed to it or use their yard waste carts, they can also compost their leaves and other items.
To facilitate composting, the city's Public Works department is offering Evanston residents repurposed 95 gallon garbage containers as compost bins. Composting allows your household to reduce the amount of food and yard waste that would normally go into a landfill by instead turning these materials into fertilizer.
The city has over two hundred of these compost bins that are available to residents at no charge while supplies last. Each resident will receive a compost bin and an instructional Compost Guide which will be delivered to their residence by Public Works crews. Using compost bins is very advantageous in that it reduces the costs associated with yard waste disposal.
To obtain one of these compost bins while supplies last, residents should either e-mail their request with name, phone number and address to publicworks@cityofevanston.org or call 3-1-1 to place their order. One compost bin per household. Bins will be delivered in about 72 hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A special thanks goes to Evanston resident Bill Wagner for coming up with the creative idea of how to repurpose the city's old refuse carts.