Bulk Compost in Utah

Posted on March 17th, 2008 by emilyrhp

Salt Lake Valley SWMF Compost
801-674-6920
6030 W California Ave
SLC, UT 84104

$30 for a truck bed full

Timpanogos Special Service District
801-756-5231
5050 W 6400 N (Utah County)
American Fork UT 84003

$20 for a cubic yard (will not fill your truck bed)

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9 Responses to “Bulk Compost in Utah”

  1. My Square Foot Garden » Mel’s Mix, on March 17th, 2008 at 9:46 am Said:

    [...] First, I bought compost in bags, but you can go to your local recycling center and get a truckload for about $30.00. Depending on how many garden beds you have, this could really save you. Here are some compost sources in Utah. [...]

  2. SummerGardening, on May 12th, 2008 at 9:24 am Said:

    Do you know what kind of material this compost is derived from? Is it just composted green waste from peoples yards? If so do you have to worry about fertilizers and other toxins? The cost saving is awesome my only hesitation is just that I don’t know what went into the mix.

  3. Emily, on May 13th, 2008 at 9:56 am Said:

    I believe it is greenwaste from people’s yards, combined with human brown waste. It probably does run the risk of having fertilizers and stuff in it, but I know they have to bake it to a certain temp to make sure it’s safe. But, I’m not sure what that does to any chemicals. I would call them.

  4. Mike M., on September 26th, 2009 at 1:13 pm Said:

    I purchased my compost from South Utah Valley Solid Waste District in Provo, UT. They also have a yard in Spanish Fork. The regular stuff is $20.00 and their “black gold” (w/ bio-waste) added is $25.00 per cubic yd.
    Here is a link to their website. http://suvswd.org/compost.html

  5. Jennifer, on March 24th, 2010 at 6:40 am Said:

    In Kaysville or Davis County you can get sewer treatment plant compost for $10 a truck load. This over fills the back of your truck and is perfectly safe to use in flower beds. If you want to use it in the vegetable garden, they recommend that you put it in the bed in the FALL and then it is safe for spring and summer planting. We have used it in the flower beds as compost and mulch and it works beautifuly!

  6. Emily, on March 24th, 2010 at 10:03 pm Said:

    This makes sense to me–I’ve always wondered about planting veggies in it, but after letting it “mature” for a while, it would be okay.

  7. Alexandra, on April 15th, 2010 at 12:14 pm Said:

    I’m new to gardening this year (ok, actually last year but sadly that attemp was not…”fruitful”) Im so glad to have found your site and to learn we are neighbors, I’m in Draper. I really want to learn to compost and was wondering if you had any recommendations as to what type/brand of composter bin you recommend or have heard good things about. I have been reviewing so many and am stumped with the vast choices (spinning, side by side open bins, enclosed plastic bins etc..) I’m in no hurry to get comost right away, I just want to start so I’m open to any of the options. Thanks

  8. Emily, on April 15th, 2010 at 10:30 pm Said:

    This is on my “to do” lists. I have done some composting, but I want to do a thorough review.

  9. haikitay, on May 3rd, 2010 at 2:40 pm Said:

    Alexandra having done compost for three years don’t waste your money on the bins and such. We started with one. The heat in Utah (we have no shade) literally made it fall apart. The plastic Cracked and all the hinges broke. It was also really hard to get the good stuff out. The holes at the bottom where smaller than our shovel. We had bought it at Costco. We ended up making a box of our own. Cheap landscape logs and cinder blocks with holes to hold the sides. It works. It might work faster if we didn’t have so much yard waste but we just don’t want to throw all that stuff in the garbage. Good luck.

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