Composting
We have composting options in Chelan and Douglas Counties to help us divert organic waste from the landfill, decrease unnecessary methane emissions, and create a local source of nutrient-rich compost for our local farms and gardens.
Winton Mfg. Compost Works offers community composting. Residents can purchase a membership which includes a 5 gallon bucket with a unique screw off inner lid and a year's supply of compost bags. Once your bucket's bag is mostly full, you take the bag to the closest Winton community composting cart. There are many locations spread from Wenatchee and East Wenatchee up to Leavenworth and Plain.
Winton also works with businesses to provide commercial compost hauling. The resulting compost can be purchased at the Winton facility north of Leavenworth.
The Stemilt Organics Recycling Center (SORC) accepts farm and yard waste and turns it into compost that they utilize for their orchards and is also for sale to our community.
Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is a DIY composting system that you can have inside your house, keeping your worms in a converted bin or 5 gallon bucket.. Industrial composting like Winton can take all organics, but worms need to avoid things like dairy, meat, bones and citrus.
