An average household can compost between 500 and 1,000 pounds of organic material each year in the bins, producing a rich soil supplement out of material that would otherwise be disposed.
The bins pictured above, which retail for $70-120, are available to residents of grantee communities for $25-$45, thanks to assistance from MassDEP. Some towns have one style, others have both.
To obtain a compost bin, visit or call:
Abington BOH
500 Gliniewicz Way
781-982-2119 $35 (4/2024)
Braintree Treasurer-Collector’s Office
1 JFK Memorial Dr.
781-794-8130
$35; residents only; bins delivered to home (4/2024)
Cohasset Recycling and Disposal Facility
81 Cedar St.
781-383-0273
$25 to residents; kitchen scrap buckets $5 (2/2021)
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 (2/2021)
Hingham DPW
25 Bare Cove Park Dr.
781-741-1430
$25 residents only (3/22)
Kingston Highway Department
32 Evergreen Street
781-585-0513
Middleborough, DPW Office
48 Wareham Street
508-946-2481
$25 (2/2021)
North and South River Watershed Association
$75. Order by Wed, 4/76/2023. Pickup Sat., 4/29 – Sun., 5/7 at 214 South Street, Norwell. Rainbarrels also for sale.
Plymouth Transfer Station and DPW
508-830-4166
$43; Residents Only (2/2021)
Rockland Recycling Center
781-878-3838
$25 residents only (2/2021