Composting

Home Composting Bins
To purchase a bin, Newton residents can come by City Hall during open hours. (We accept cash and personal checks only.) Once purchased, you will be given a slip and the bin can be picked up at the Rumford Ave Resource Recovery Facility.

BRAVE NEW COMPOSTER, $53, plus tax

Composting!

Features and Benefits:

  • Unique dual cone design virtually eliminates need for constant turning
  • Patented cone shaped top retains heat & moisture
  • Bottom cone draws air into the center to increase aerobic activity
  • Assembles in 10 min without tools
  • Durable and weather resistant
  • Color: BLACK
  • 24 cu.ft capacity
  • 30" high, variable diameter
  • Made in the USA
  • Air holes are less than 1/2" in diameter - holes let in oxygen but helps deters larger critters
  • Bottom cone secures firmly to the ground and the adjacent bin wall with galvanized steel pins
  • Recycle plastic jugs by using them as stuffing support for bottom cone

Compost Available FREE to residents

Once again, small quantities of screened (3/4" minus) compost are available to Newton residents at Rumford Ave, free of charge.  Residents can fill small buckets, containers, etc. for their own use on their own properties for small projects.

No businesses or commercial trucks allowed.  Compost will be available on a first come, first serve basis and there may be limited availability depending on the current status of the compost finishing process.

If you are a commercial landscaper or a resident looking to acquire more than 3 cubic yards of compost, please call Customer Service at 617.796.1000. Thank you.