The Compost Facility is a student-run operation which provides ecological and functional skills training in composting, education and selling compost to the public.
We’re located on the WCCC campus at 2508 Blichmann Ave in Grand Junction. Email us at [email protected] for more information or questions.
Come by any time, we're always open!
What can you bring to the facility?
Review the following items that are accepted at our composting facility.
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Food waste
We can take about 5-gallon buckets full at a time.
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Eggshells and nut shells
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Hair
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Nail clippings
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Feathers
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Vacuum cleaner dust
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Old potting soil
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Cotton swabs
Wooden shaft, not plastic.
Our facility does NOT accept the following items:
Fats, oils, meat, dairy, human waste, animal waste, glass, plastic or metal. Please remove rubber bands and twist ties. We cannot take tree trimmings or yard waste as our facility is not big enough – please bring tree and yard trimmings to the Mesa County Green Waste facility.
We sell both traditional thermophilic compost and worm compost, or vermicompost. Vermicompost has all of the plant nutrients as traditional compost but because it’s been processed through worms (we use Red Wigglers – Eisenia fetida), the texture is much finer, there’s more beneficial soil microbes and it contains plant growth hormones to both aid plant growth and to help ward off diseases and some pests.
We sell 5 gallon buckets full, as well as cubic yards. If you don't have a truck, we can fill plastic trash bags and load them into your trunk.
Contact us at [email protected] for availabilities & pricing and to schedule a pick up time. We’ll help you load it up!
The act of composting helps the environment and using compost completes the ecological cycles that we live within. It’s a way of participating in the Carbon cycle while also conserving water and cycling nutrients in our ecosystem.
Food waste and plant material in a landfill has been removed from our ecosystem and worse, the Carbon inherent in it turns to CH4 – methane gas which is harmful to the atmosphere. By putting that green waste into a properly made compost pile (a balance of Greens – food waste, grass clippings, manure and Browns – dried leaves, straw peanut shells, wood chips) the Carbon within the materials turns into food for beneficial soil microbes and becomes a nutrient rich source of food for plants called humus. Green waste also houses other plant nutrients and trace minerals that can be cycled through next year’s crop. Most produce is 80-95% water so composting keeps water in the ecosystem. In addition, 100 lbs of finished compost can hold 185 lbs of water so just the act of adding compost to our native soils helps us to hold onto irrigation or rain water when it comes.
