The Dirt Factory

The Dirt Factory, located at 4308 Market Street, is a community composting facility for University City.

The  mission of the Dirt Factory is to:

Keep fallen leaves out of the waste stream, and in University City;
Provide a location for the University City community to sustainably dispose of its food scraps and other organic waste  Generate high quality organic compost to be used in University City gardens;
The Dirt factory features the high capacity Earth Tub Compost System that will  produce compost year round from neighborhood organic waste. The Dirt Factory is also a community education center, featuring residential scale composting facilities, where community members can learn more about composting at home, and gardening using compost.

Note: This facility is "closed for now" as of May 24, 2018.

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