Long Beach Community Compost

10/02/2026

We will be CLOSED Friday, 10/2 DTLB Certified Farmer's Market. We will still be open 8-9:30am at our park location.
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Image description: Flyer with orange background white paper texture in center with white masking tape on top and bottom corner. Yellow post it with LB Community Compost logo on right top corner. Text reads: Sorry, we are CLOSED tomorrow Oct. 2 at DTLB Farmers Market! We'll still be open at our California Ave location 8-9:30am. [email protected]

09/13/2026

Join us for a special storytime at the Dana Neighborhood Library! Get ready to read, sing, chat, and play! We'll also have free kitchen pails available for all attendees.

📍3680 Atlantic Ave.
🗓️ Friday, September 18
🕘 10:30 am
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Image description: Flyer with white background and black text. Light blue LB Public Library logo and yellow LB Community Compost logo in center top. Illustrations of leaves, eggshells, Apple core, watermelon rind, veggie skin peels in margins. Pile of food scraps and foilage on bottom center. Text reads: Long Beach Community Compost Storytime. Join us for a special storytime with Long Beach Community Compost, and get ready to read, sing, chat, and play! Registration is not required. September 18th at 10:30 am. 3680 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach, CA 90807. This information is available in an alternate format by request to library staff at (562) 579-1042.

09/06/2026

🌧️ We'll be closed tomorrow Sunday, 9/6. See ya next weekend!

🪣 Food scraps a lil bit funky already?
- Add paper/egg cartons to help absorb liquid and moisture.

08/25/2026

06/22/2026

Free kitchen pails for Long Beach residents! Thursday, June 25 3-5pm at the next distro.

🪣 1 kitchen pail per household.
📝 Providing your zip code is required and that's it!

Slide1: Image description: White flyer with green border. Illustrations of an apple core, watermelon rind, paper bag filled with groceries, and a photo of an off-white countertop kitchen pail with a light green lid and handle. LB Community Compost yellow squared logo with orange circular sun and LB Recycles chasing arrows logo in white on bottom right corner. Text reads: Free! Kitchen Pail Distribution. Thursday, June 25 3pm - 5pm. Greater Long Beach Mutual Aid Food Distro. 7th St & Dawson Ave. Collect your food scraps and then toss into your green cart. No cost kitchen pails provided by the City of Long Beach.

Slide 2: Image description: Orange background with black text. Map with location of GLBMA distro marked with a yellow star & illustration of bagged groceries. GLBMA logo at bottom left. Text reads: Greater Long Beach Mutual Aid Distro. Free! Pick up fresh produce and some baby supplies. BYO bags/containers if you can. 2nd and 4th Thursday 3:30-5pm. Parking lot at the corner of 7th St & Dawson Ave.
Slide 3: Text reads: Volunteers needed. Help us pack fresh fruits and veggies for out Long Beach families! 621 Dawson Ave. LB. On the 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month. 12:30-1pm: set up. 1pm-3:30pm: pack. 5pm-6pm: break down. No paperwork or personal details required.

Slide 4: Text reads: 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. Take home a bag of groceries. 1 bag per family. Donate. Scan the QR code to visit our donation page. If you are able. please consider making a recurring monthly donation. Who we are. Greater Long Beach Mutual Aid is an alliance of anti-capitalist organizations, providing mutual aid for, and promoting solidarity within our community. GLBMAN prioritizes the development of the community and worker-controlled food economy capitalism with hope, compassion, love, and food. Spread the word. Together we make Long Beach stronger.

05/31/2026

Find our zine at the . Introducing our "How to Build a 3-Bin Compost System" in pocket edition size!

📍 Recreational Coffee
237 Long Beach Blvd
Long Beach, CA

🅿️ FREE 2-hour parking in the City Place Parking structure between The Promenade & Pine Ave (3rd &4th St).
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Slide 1: Image description: Flyer with green background pink and white text. Illustration of "Inky", a light green character with googly like eyes. Text reads: Find my zines at Biggest Little Zine Fair. May 31st, 11 am - 3 pm. Recreational Coffee 237 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA. Biggestlittlezinefair.com

Slide 2: Image description: Photo of a stack of our new pocket edition of "How to Build a 3-Bin Compost System". Orange and white cover square zines with pink colored metal mini clamps.

04/24/2026

Visit our table for compost, zines, and seeds. You might even see some critters crawling around in the compost. 🔍📸

Are you up for the challenge? Celebrate the 10th Annual by joining us at Willow Springs Park (2745 Orange Ave) on April 26th from 9am to 12pm. Here, you can participate in an international effort to document nature in cities from April 25 through 28! Learn how your observations during the four-day global bioblitz help us further understand biodiversity and coexisting with nature. Participation is easy: Find wildlife. Take a picture. Share.

Please register or learn more at lbcity.info/cnc