Composting

Composting helps eliminate yard waste and kitchen scraps from landfills. This waste is put into an environment that encourages decay, and the product is used to enrich lawns and gardens.Composting can help households remove more than 500 lbs of waste per year.

Central Elgin offers Earth Machine backyard composters at cost, $35.00 plus HST.  Earth Machine has room for 10 cubic feet of material. This composter is very easy to put together, resistant to rodents, and can break down organic material well. At least half the plastic that goes into this composter comes from products that consumers have used and recycled previously. 

Composters can be purchased at the Central Elgin Municipal Office located at:

450 Sunset Drive, St. Thomas

Monday-Friday (8:30am-4:30 pm)

When purchasing composters from our office, we now have the option of having our crew drop them off at your house!