Home Compost Demonstration Site
Metro’s Backyard Composting Demonstration Site showcases a variety of home composters. Visitors may pick up a self-tour brochure at the office and walk through the site to examine the compost bins.
Visit the home demonstration site at:
Omohundro Convenience
Center
1019 Omohundro Drive, Nashville, TN
37210.
Regular Hours: Tues. - Sat., 8:30am - 4:30p.m. Need directions?
call 880-1955
Classes and group tours can be scheduled by calling 880-2419 or send an email request
Learn More About Home Composting
Composters on display
at the Home Composting Demonstration
Site
Digesters — are partially buried
in the ground. Food
waste ONLY including meat and fatty waste can be added and the
material will digest into the ground. Digesters are the only type
of backyard composter that do not produce compost.
On Ground Composters — sit directly on the
ground so that
worms and other decomposers can come up from the
soil to assist in the composting process. On ground composters allow
food and yard waste to decompose in a controlled, contained environment.
How to purchase an Earth Machine.
Batch Composters — sit above the ground and turn, crank or tumble. Batch composters require food and yard waste to be collected, put in the batch composter and then let to “cook” until the batch is complete. While this is going on, food and yard waste must be saved for the next batch.
