Upcycling organic waste through composting is a local solution to pollution!
Bring your kitchen scraps to the downtown community Food Scrap Drop-off bins and they will be turned into compost by Black Bear Composting.
Drop-offs can be made anytime year-round. The Black Bear collection bins are located in the corner of the gravel parking lot at S. Liberty and Warren Streets, within sight of the Farmers Market’s Turner Pavilion and Harrisonburg City Hall.
Drop-off location is here:
Deposit your collection into a bin by:
- dumping it directly from another container, or
- having it in a paper bag, or
- in a BPI-certified compostable “plastic” bag.
Compostable bags to line containers, for ease of collecting your scraps, are available at the community drop-off bins site. Note that the compostable bags will start to decompose and leak when wet and warm so carry them in a sturdy container for depositing to the bins. More about collecting your scraps here.
Black Bear Composting picks up the collected organic materials once each week and transports them to their commercial scale composting facility in Crimora to be turned into finished compost for sale.
This program runs on donations. Any amount is appreciated!
Harrisonburg Composts 