The Shafter Wasco compost facility is fully operational, turning green bin material into compost that Kern County residents can pick up for free.
The project, years in the making, allows the county to produce compost required under state law in-house rather than contracting it out at a cost of millions of dollars a year. The facility processes material the county already collects, including branches from agricultural fields, grass, brush, and leaves from residential gardens.
Kern County Public Works Manager Dave Lee said the goal is to make the program accessible to all Kern County residents…