Home Compost Workshop - Online

Interested in learning about composting food scraps and yard trimmings at home? You don’t need a backyard to have your own composting system. Join the County of San Mateo’s Sustainability Academy for a no-cost two-hour workshop to learn the basics of starting your own composting system. Learn how easy and fun it is to recycle your fruit and vegetable scraps, leaves, and plant cuttings into compost. Learn about different composting systems and how to maintain them, interesting aspects of composting science, and how to use compost as a valuable resource.

Discounts and rebates for free compost and worm compost bins will be distributed to County residents. Foster City residents will be eligible for an additional rebate through the City’s Compost Bin Incentive Program. Admission to the workshop is free, but space is limited. To register for a workshop, please click here.