Compost at GUS with Green Beverly

We are excited to partner with Green Beverly for their new drop-off compost pilot program.

This program is free and available to all Beverly residents and all members of the Glen Urquhart School community. Bag it up at home, bring your compost to GUS, do your part to help reduce food waste.

Participating is easy! Just follow these steps:

Learn the rules - What can I compost, and how? Here is the full guide.
Complete the Green Beverly Sign Up form.
Receive the combination code in your email within a week after we review your form.
Get composting! To use the stations at Glen Urquhart or Hannah Elementary Schools, unlock the combination lock on the bin with your code, drop up to two bags of kitchen scraps each week, lock the bin, and scramble the code.

Why Compost?

There are so many benefits to composting from reducing the size of our landfills and combatting climate change to creating nutrient rich soil used in numerous ways.

See more here:

US EPA information on Composting
Composting Benefits from the Composting Council

Want Your Compost picked up instead?

Did you know you can also have curbside composting? If you compost with Black Earth, not only are you reducing your carbon footprint, but you also can see where your food scraps go firsthand by finding local farms that use the nutrient-enriched soil. Beverly residents who pay for trash automatically get a $20 annual ($5 per quarter) discount when using Black Earth.

You can also start your own raised bed garden and use it yourself!