Earth Machine
New Age Composter
An average household generates about 750 lbs of pounds of food waste each year. This can be transformed into “black gold” for your garden right in your backyard! Composting converts your food scraps and other organic materials into a rich soil supplement, and keeps heavy material out of the trash.
Thanks to assistance from MassDEP, compost bins are available to residents of grantee communities for between $30 – $70 (retail between $110 – $160).
Based on 2022 Mass DEP Data, Food scraps make up about a quarter of our trash in Massachusetts.
By composting, you can turn those food scraps in to black gold. In just a few months. You’ll also reduce your carbon footprint, and help your plants thrive naturally!
Build or buy a critter-resistant bin. (see below). You’ll want a covered kitchen container too.
Set up the bin in a outdoor location that’s convenient to your kitchen nd within reach of a hose. Keep a pitchfork handy.
See “Other resources” at the bottom of the page.
Abington BOH
500 Gliniewicz Way
781-982-2119 $35 (1/2025)
Braintree Treasurer-Collector’s Office
1 JFK Memorial Dr. Treasurer’s Office
781-794-8130
$60; residents only; bins delivered to home (1/2025)
Cohasset Recycling and Disposal Facility
81 Cedar St.
781-383-0273
$25 to residents; kitchen scrap buckets $5 (1/2025)
East Bridgewater Bridge St. Recycling Center
$25 residents only (11/2021)
Hanson Board of Health
542 Liberty St.
781-293-3138
$25 residents/$43 nonresidents (1/2025)
Hingham DPW
2 Plain St.5 Bare Cove Park Dr.
781-741-1430
$25 residents only (1/25)
Kingston Highway Department
32 Evergreen Street
781-585-0513
$35 (1/2025)
Marshfield, DPW Office
965 Plain St.
781-834-5575
$70-residents, $75-nonresidents (1/2025)
Plymouth Transfer Station and DPW
508-830-4166
$55; Residents Only (1/2025)
Rockland Recycling Center
781-878-3838
$25 residents only (1/2025)
