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Compost/Mulch Operations

Where to Find Us:

Compost Facility:

5700 Peabody Road

Columbia, MO 65202

Tel: 573-474-9145

 

Mike Symmonds, Landfill Superintendent

 

Hours for Compost Pick-up

Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m

and on some Saturdays listed below.

Directions

From Columbia, go North on Paris Road/Route B to North Brown Station Road to Peabody Road.  The landfill is located at 5700 Peabody Road, telephone no. 573-474-9145.

 

Mulch Facilities:
Capen Park Drive (located off Rock Quarry Road, South of Stadium)

and

Parkside Drive (located off Creasy Springs Road). 

Hours of Mulch Operations

They are open from dawn to dusk and are for personal residential yard waste only

Photo of Compost for Sale

Compost For Sale to the Public

For individuals wanting to purchase compost, it is sold in bulk quantity only.  The fee is $12.00 plus tax per cubic yard.  A minimum fee of $12.00 plus tax is required.  Single orders of more than 100 cubic yards/month will be discounted and sold for $8.00 plus tax per cubic yard.  Appointments may be scheduled for loads of 10 cubic yards or more anytime during the week. A loader will be on site to assist while supplies last.

If you have tree limbs, leaves or grass to dispose of, the compost facility accepts commercial and residential yard waste for processing and composting. Chipping fees are $16.25 per ton.  Leaves and grass are accepted at no charge.

Hours for Compost Pick-up

 

Wednesdays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

The facility will also be open for compost sales on the some Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon:  See our calendar for a complete list of compost dates.

Composting Drywall

The city of Columbia's compost facility accepts clean loads of drywall.  The drywall is charged the compost rate of $16.25 per ton and is sent to the compost site instead of the landfill.  Untreated lumber and sawdust in combination with clean drywall is acceptable.

 

FREE Composting Workshops

Nature's Way To Recycle!
Attend a free composting workshop and start composting. Get a free or reduced-price bin at the workshop and fill it with yard waste, food scraps, old T-shirts and paper towels. Put the finished compost around any tree, shrub or grass.

Fall and Spring compost workshops are held at the Capen Park Demonstration Site located off Rock Quarry Road. For additional details about the compost workshops, call Columbia Public Works at 874-6271, or send your name, address, telephone number and E-mail address to pw-volunteer@GoColumbiaMo.com, and we'll send you the composting schedule and information you requested.

Free Mulch

Columbia maintains yard waste drop-off sites at Capen Park Drive (located off Rock Quarry Road, South of Stadium) and Parkside Drive (located off Creasy Springs Road).  They are open from dawn to dusk and are for personal residential yard waste only ( Code of Ordinances Section 22-158 (4) It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, deposit, drop off or set out at any residential yard waste site any materials, substances, or thing other than yard waste from that person's personal residence). 

Drop off only leaves, grass clippings, brush or limbs up to 10 feet in length and 2 feet in diameter.  Please remove bags or containers and ties.  Reuse or dispose of them with regular waste. Place litter in waste container.  Call 573-474-9145 for information on how to dispose of tree trunks and root balls.

Free Mulch Days

Columbia Public Works grinds this yard waste and offers free mulch while supplies lasts.  Mulch is available anytime for residents to load themselves.  However, on "Free Mulch Days", an on-site loader will be available at the Capen Park mulch site only to fill your truck or trailer. Schedules for "Free Mulch Days" are advertised in the Spring and Fall in the City Source newsletter and the Columbia Daily Tribune.  Schedules are also listed on the Public Works Calendar of Events.

 
 
 
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