Long Beach Community Compost

Find our zine at the . Introducing our "How to Build a 3-Bin Compost System" in pocket edition size!

📍 Recreational Coffee
237 Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach, CA

🅿️ FREE 2-hour parking in the City Place Parking structure between The Promenade & Pine Ave (3rd &4th St).
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Slide 1: Image description: Flyer with green background pink and white text. Illustration of "Inky", a light green character with googly like eyes. Text reads: Find my zines at Biggest Little Zine Fair. May 31st, 11 am - 3 pm. Recreational Coffee 237 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA. Biggestlittlezinefair.com

Slide 2: Image description: Photo of a stack of our new pocket edition of "How to Build a 3-Bin Compost System". Orange and white cover square zines with pink colored metal mini clamps.

Visit our table for compost, zines, and seeds. You might even see some critters crawling around in the compost. 🔍📸

Are you up for the challenge? Celebrate the 10th Annual by joining us at Willow Springs Park (2745 Orange Ave) on April 26th from 9am to 12pm. Here, you can participate in an international effort to document nature in cities from April 25 through 28! Learn how your observations during the four-day global bioblitz help us further understand biodiversity and coexisting with nature. Participation is easy: Find wildlife. Take a picture. Share.

Please register or learn more at lbcity.info/cnc

☀️ Hello Teens! Join us this week for a composting workshop at the Dana Neighborhood Library community room. Thursday, March 26 @ 2:30pm. Come meet our compost crew and talk all things compost. You'll be able to take home some compost to add to your own plants or garden
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Image description: Illustration of 3 teens gathered around a bin with falling food scraps. Words in two speech bubbles say "Watch nature do its magic" and "Turn waste into garden gold". Long Beach Recyles purple and blue chasing arrows logo on top. Long Beach Public Library logo in lower right corner. Yellow block letters on top of green spattered background that merges into leaves. Text reads: LB Workshop Composting for Teens. Thursday, March 26 2:30pm. Dana Branch Community Room. No RSVP required. Provided by: Long Beach Recycles. Dana Neighborhood Library 3680 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807. 562.570.1042. This information is available in an alternative format by request to library staff at (562) 570-1042

✨ We're bringing the goods to this event! That nutrient rich soil amendment called C O M P O S T.

🦋 On Saturday, March 14th, join us at Willow Springs Park from 9am - 12pm for Monarch Day of Action! Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about native pollinators like the Monarch Butterflies, plant Narrowleaf Milkweed, interact with local organizations, and participate in eco-crafts.

🔗 Registration link in our bio.

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Image description: California poppies, monarch butterflies and a bumble bee along a light green border. White text header and Black text on subheading. Long Beach Office of Climate Action and Sustainability logo on bottom center. Text reads: Monarch Day of Action. Learn about Monarch butterflies while restoring their habitat! Plant native flora like California Sagebrush, Buckwheat, and Narrow leaf Milkweed to help us create a natural ecosystem for these butterflies. Saturday, March 14th. 9:00 am - noon. Willow Springs Park. RSVP: lbcity info/monarch.

Free kitchen pails for Long Beach residents! Saturday, January 24th 11am-2pm at Mark Twain Neighborhood Library.

🪣 1 kitchen pail per household.
📝 Providing your zip code is required.

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Image description: White flyer with green border. Illustrations of an apple core, watermelon rind, 3 books stacked, and a photo of an off-white countertop kitchen pail with a light green lid and handle. Long Beach Recycles chasing arrows logo in white on bottom right corner. Text reads: Free! Kitchen Pail Distribution. Saturday, January 24 11am -2pm. Mark Twain Library 1401 E. Anaheim St. Collect your food scraps and then toss into your green cart. No cost kitchen pails provided by the City of Long Beach.