The City of Missoula purchased Garden City Compost (GCC) from EKO Kompost in 2016. Since that acquisition, GCC has been investing in new equipment and upgrading our composting processes. GCC provides citizens with consistent, high quality, Class A Compost products while utilizing science based, best practices. We are proud to continue the tradition of resource recovery in our community by accepting all wasted
food and compostable tableware in addition to our traditional yard waste and of course, Christmas trees!
The amount of material being diverted from the landfill has increased with the help of the public and local businesses in the region. In 2021 we diverted from the landfill 15,000 cubic yards (cy) of leaves, 1700 tons of wasted food, 1 ton of cardboard, 6,600 tons of mixed organics including sawdust and finally 2,185 dry tons of treated biosolids. Our Farm Acres are watered with effluence from the Resource Recovery facility which
prevents 10,918 pounds of nitrogen and about 660 pounds of phosphorus from entering the Clark Fork River during the growing season of May-September. This prevents algae blooms and other undesirable consequences in our rivers.
Our locally produced goods which are sold by the cubic foot, or the cubic yard are: Class A Compost (a ready-to-use soil amendment), Lawn Topdress (great for seeding and lawn repairs), Enriched Topsoil (which at 25% compost is ready for planting) and finally our Premium Perlite Potting Mix. With peat moss from Big Arm & perlite from Idaho, this local potting mix is a favorite for growers all over western Montana. Whether
its hot house tomato starts, cold frame greens or commercial cannabis grow operations they all return for more of this product!
