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The Dirt Factory, located at 4308 Market Street, is a community composting facility for University City. | The Dirt Factory, located at 4308 Market Street, is a community composting facility for University City. | ||
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* 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; | * 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. | * 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. | ||
<br>''Note:'' This facility is "closed for now" as of May 24, 2018. | |||
==In The News== | ==In The News== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:45, 29 May 2018
. http://www.universitycity.org/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.
In The News
- The Dirt Factory closed for now, looking for new space, West Philly Local, May 24, 2018.