CLOSED FOR THE SEASON

We are currently unable to accept waste during the winter months due to space, labor, and equipment limitations. Check back for our opening dates next year.

Locations

The Goldstream Community Garden is located right next to the Ken Kunkel Community Center- right off of Goldstream Rd. This location is still in the set-up process and will be more available next season.

Please be respectful when dropping off your waste and do not leave waste around the bin.

2645 Goldstream Rd, Fairbanks AK

Goldstream Community Garden

Lloyd Jones Memorial Garden

The Lloyd Jones Memorial Garden is a community garden that grows fresh produce for the Fairbanks Community Food Bank. This garden is on land owned by the Corinthian Baptist Church. Please be respectful when dropping off your waste and do not leave waste around the bins or garbage in the church’s personal dumpster.

1679 23rd Ave. Fairbanks, AK

The Hope House

The Hope House has a community garden that grows fresh produce for the Hope Church of Fairbanks. Please be respectful when dropping off your waste and do not leave waste around the bins.

1201 23rd Ave. Fairbanks, AK

What to Drop Off

Thanks for taking the time to drop off your organic waste to help divert waste from the landfill and create an organic soil amendment for some local community gardens! We accept most everything organic. See below for the exceptions.

Two of the spots are divided into color coded sections, nitrogen heavy GREEN material and carbon heavy BROWN material. Compost is made using a ratio of both, generally about 3 parts browns to one part greens. We appreciate you doing your best to separate your waste as accurately as possible. When you drop off your waste, you may see some of our compost piles in action. Feel free to take a look, you can even check the temperature with the thermometer in each pile. But please DO NOT add any waste to these piles.

Once the piles are actively composting, adding new waste items to the pile will slow down the decomposition process. We will start a new pile with your waste each time the bins fill up. If this part of the process interests you, send us an email at compostfbx@gmail.com to talk about volunteering.

FAQ

We are accepting waste for our compost piles at 1679 23rd Ave, Fairbanks, AK 99701 (in the garden area) or on the corner of 23rd and S Barnette. The bins are labeled and color coordinated for easy drop off.
Reach out to us via email (compostFBX@gmail.com) or Instagram DM (@compostfbx) and we will happily answer any questions!
Compost FBX monitors and routinely empties the drop bins. If the bins are full when you go to drop off your waste, leave it next to the bin and kindly shoot us an email to let us know. We will get out there ASAP to empty the bins.
Shoot us an email! We are always looking to expand our program. Make sure to let us know who you are and that you’re interested in hosting a compost drop bin. We’d love to schedule a time to talk about it.