Currently Available:

• Compost

Currently Unavailable:

• Mulch (unavailable for the remainder of 2009)

Compost & Mulch are FREE for South Bend City residents who load it themselves!

Self – Loading:
Compost or Mulch is free if you load it yourself.  Public is not permitted to bring in bobcats or any kind of front end loader.  Self-loading is only during regular business hours.  Customers must bring necessary tools (ex. bags, buckets, pitchfork, shovel, etc) for self-loading of compost or mulch.

Operating Hours:

• Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. EST*
  *Closed on City-observed holidays

Non-Loading Hours:

• 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Stop Loading at 3:45 p.m.

Loading Price per cubic yard:

• compost
• $4.00 per yard up to 2 yards*
• $8.00 per yard for 3 yards and up
• mulch 
• $4.00 per yard up to 2 yards*
• $8.00 per yard for 3 yards and up

Information about our products:

• Mulch:
  Our Mulch is natural brown color and comes from the brush that we receive in from customers.  We then chop up the Mulch for resale.  The Mulch has not been treated.
• Recipe for Composting
• Ingredients:
• Organic Matter such as leaves, branches, grass and woodchips
• Air
• Water
• Microbes: Microscopic organisms capable of using the Organic matter as their food.  These microbes are naturally present in organic matter.
• Directions:
  Grind up organic matter into small sized pieces and pile it into a manageable pile.  Add water and mix often to let air come into contact with the composting organic matter.  The temperature will rise to over 140 F.
  
  Keep missing the pile and let the microbes digest the organic matter as food.  After several months the temperature will fall to around 70 F.  This means the microbes are done eating and the organic matter is now composted.
  
  The final composted material is a consistent soil like material that is an excellent fertilizer and soil conditioner for lawn and gardens, by composing, the organic material has been truly RECYCLED into a useful product and space at landfills have been saved.
  

Dumping Fees:

• $3.65 per cubic yard*

We accept the following items:

• Brush
• Branches
• Leaves
• Garden Clippings
• Grass
• Woodchips

Payments can be made by check or cash.

Getting here:

• From the North:
  • Take Cleveland Rd. to Bendix Dr
  • Go south on Bendix and take the first right onto Nimtz Parkway
  • Drive 0.8 miles before turning left on Trade Dr., which ends at the OR Facility
• From the South:
  • Take the St. Joseph Valley Parkway to the Nimtz Parkway exit
  • Turn right onto the Nimtz Parkway and drive east for 1.9 miles.  
  • Turn right on Trade Dr. which ends at the OR Facility
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*A cubic yard is approximately the size of a kitchen stove.

Organic Resource Facility
4340 Trade Dr.
South Bend, Indiana 46628
574.287.6841
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