QUICK OVERVIEW
Kompost Kids is your one stop location to engage with composting (learn AND volunteer!), drop off vegan (plus egg shells) food and yard scraps as MKE’s only free continuously operating self-drop community compost site.
Just looking for where/how to compost?
- Hummingbird MKE has an EXCELLENT How to Compost in Milwaukee FAQ Guide.
Kompost Kids Resources:
Check out more in depth collab with our friend, Hummingbird MKE. The one in which Marion and Renee chat it up – -and geek out about compost.
- Ask Them Anything: Kompost Kids, Part 1
- different to compost at home
- Ask Them Anything: Kompost Kids, Part 2
- maintaining a compost and composting services
Soil Generation Maximization Packet (PDF)
How to Create a Community Compost Site (PDF)
How to Maintain a Community Compost Site (PDF)
How to Engage Businesses (PDF)
Kitchen Composting Guide (PDF)
Growing Power Conference Presentation (PDF)
The BELOW ITEMS need to be updated (2025)
Compost Education:
Master Composter Training Registration Form April 2014 (PDF)
Home Composting Short Course Registration (PDF)
Other Resources:
Growing Local Fertility: Community Composting (PDF)
State of Composting in the U.S. (PDF)
Municipal Curbside Compostables Collection: What Works and Why (PDF)
Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC)
U.S. Composting Council Toolkit
Milwaukee Department of Public Works Composting