Park City Compost Initiative

We will be collecting pumpkins until after Thanksgiving. Please drop off your pumpkins into the toters under the yellow and green sifter and we will take care of the rest.
BTW candles are not biodegradable.

If you want a fall drive and responsibly get rid of your pumpkins you can donate them to a farm
Otherwise drop them off for PCCI to compost them at Captains Cove,

Don’t toss your pumpkins after Halloween, these Connecticut farms will take them Several farms and animal sanctuaries can use leftover Halloween pumpkins as a treat for their livestock.

Drop off your pumpkins at Park City Compost Initiative's Captains Cove site - in the toters by the green and yellow machine!

PCCI will be collecting your pumpkins at our drop off toter at Captains Cove next to our sifter (see picture).
Don't throw pumpkins out in the trash, they make great compost and keeping them iut of the incinerator helps reduce health harming pollution.

YEAH!!

Keep Food scraps out of the Incinerators!
COMPOST!

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GOT PUMPKINS?
Please compost them and not put them in the trash!

The Great Pumpkin Problem How and why to host a Pumpkin Smash!

Awareness of trashing food scraps rather than composting is growing!

The food you toss costs you plenty and emits tons of pollution. We've got tips on how to cut down Wasted food is a financial and environmental bummer. It costs the average person $728 per year, and it amounts to about the same planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions every year as 42 coal-fired power plants.

Relatedly - Save the date for this event! about food systems in Bridgeport.

PCCI will be presenting at the meeting of the South End NRZ next Thursday October 9th at 6:30pm.
Presentation will cover pending plans to set up a food scrap composting operation at Bridgeport's leaf composting site off of Cedar Creek Drive (off Barnum D**e across from Sikorsky). This site is already permitted for composting and well away from any residences.
There will be zoom available as well as in person. Stay tuned for more details.

Hey friends and neighbors, PCCI is in need of more 5 gallon buckets for our participants and our collection process.
If you are cleaning out your basement/garage and can spare a clean bucket or two from painting, pool chemicals, whatever. AS long as it is clean we can re-use it and give it an extended life.

Please let me know in the comments and we can arrange to pick up

Cheers!

Touch up your garden, improve water retention, probiotic for your soil- all with Park City Compost Initiative's premium compost. Community members can pick up a bucket or two Saturday morning. August 16th between 9:30 and 11:00am.
Bring your own Bucket.
Come to our Captains Cove site by the large yellow and green machine by the Bostwick Ave entrance.
See you then.

Second chance Wednesday morning 9:30-11:00. Exercise care around the working tractor and compost crew.