Hello rodez-ga,
I?ll start by saying that I don?t really know anything about compost,
soil, or mulch. But I live in Los Angeles, so I spent a little time
researching your question. I don?t know if this is what you are
looking for but the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation operates
four mulching and composting facilities that provide materials free to
city residents. I?ve posted some information about these facilities
below.
Googlenut
Department of Public Works
Bureau of Sanitation
Overview of Services
FY 2005/06
http://www.lacity.org/SAN/bureau-overview-05-06.pdf
?Green Mulching, Composting and Workshops: The Bureau operates four
mulching and composting facilities that provide clean materials for
gardeners, other agencies such as Recreation and Parks, and
agriculture. The Griffith Park Composting Facility produces the high
quality TopGro, while other facilities located in the Harbor area and
the San Fernando Valley produce clean mulch and partially composted
materials that are also provided free to City residents. The Bureau
also conducts monthly workshops at the Griffith Park Composting
Facility to teach City residents the advantage of composting in their
backyard. Residents participating in the workshops can purchase
backyard composting bins at a reduced price.?
(Page 16)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
?L.A.?s largest mulching and composting facility gears up in Lake View Terrace?
http://lang.sgvtribune.com/almanac2004/english/story2.html
?The raw mulch and compost produced at the Green Recycling Facility
will be trucked to the public distribution centers, where it will be
made available to members of the public at no charge, or taken
directly, also free of charge, to large-volume users, such as the Los
Angeles Unified School District.?
LAKE VIEW TERRACE
GREEN RECYCLING FACILITY
INFORMATION PACKET
http://www.lacitysan.org/lvt-green-recycling-facility.pdf
?The Bureau of Sanitation already operates three mulching/composting
facilities: the Anchorage Mulch Facility in the San Pedro/Harbor area,
which uses the contents of the Bureau-collected residential green bins
in the San Pedro/Harbor area; the Griffith Park Composting Facility,
which uses green waste from Griffith Park, biosolids from the Hyperion
Wastewater Treatment Plant and animal waste from the Los Angeles Zoo;
and the Van Norman Dam facility which uses green waste generated and
collected by the City?s Bureau of Street Services and Street Tree
Division. The mulch and compost produced by these three facilities is
a high-quality product, and is given away free, to large organizations
like the Los Angeles Unified School District and to community gardens,
City residents, businesses and farmers. A pick-up site for free mulch
from the Anchorage facility is currently located at the front gate of
the Lopez Canyon landfill, where anyone wanting mulch can bring a bag
and a shovel, and take as much as they want.?
University of California Cooperative Extension
Compost Resources 3/2004
Los Angeles County
http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/articles/pdf/compost-resources.pdf |
