Organic Waste & Composting 

Home Composting


compost-in-hand-pic-1-768x1024Composting offer several benefits:

Cost savings - Composting reduces your need for trash bags, saving you money.

Nutrient Preservation - By composting, you can return valuable nutrients to the soil, benefiting your plants, flowers, and trees instead of discarding them as waste. 

Land fill Space Conservation - Food waste comprises approximately 20% of all disposed trash in Massachusetts. Yard waste is banned from disposal by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Composting food waste and yard waste helps save valuable landfill space. 

Gardening Benefits - Provides gardeners with free compost!



compostersSureCloseNewAgeComposterThe Town Hall has New Age Compost bins and Kitchen Scrap Buckets available for purchase. Visit us at the Board of Health to purchase your Compost Bin or get more information. 


The cost for the bin and bucket combo is $35.00. The Kitchen Scrap Bucket alone is $10. The cost is being subsidized by the Town of Plainville to encourage backyard composting.


Please visit the following sites to learn more about composting.

Commercial Composting

Interested in residential curbside compost pick up? Here are two of the companies that could possibly service Plainville. A minimum number of homes served is required. 

Contact the company for more information!


    Black Earth Compost   

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     2 Hillside Rd, Gloucester, MA   (978) 290-4610


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Boot Strap Compost

17 Dalrymple St, Jamaica Plain, MA    Boot Strap Compost Image 2(617) 642-1979

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Weekly = $11.50 per visit                Biweekly = $16 per visit

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