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Public Works

2025

A group of people bent over a pile of compost on a rainy day.

3 people standing in front of a "I love compost" banner

Date: Saturday, May 3
When: 11am-2pm
Where: Hawks Prairie Park & Ride
2548 Hogum Bay Rd NE, Olympia, 98516

Thurston County residents are invited to pick up a free ½ yard of bulk compost, generously donated by Brady Trucking, as a celebration of International Compost Awareness Week (May 4-10). 

Event Reminders:
- Please bring your own shovel, gloves, & container(s)
- Be prepared to load your own material
- Compost is first come, first served while supplies last
- Limit: 1/2 cubic yard per household (20 x 5-gallon buckets)

Compost offered at this event started as food and yard waste from residents and businesses in Thurston County. It was then processed into a finished compost product by Brady Trucking in Shelton, WA.

Need to contact us? Call (360) 867-2491 or email thurstonsolidwaste@co.thurston.wa.us​