The foreground shows a pile of city compost as we received it, littered with biodegradable plastic yard waste collection bags—in the background is a pile that has been hand sifted. It took 17 labor hours to hand sift one pile (one dump truck load) and we removed 10 garbage bags full of plastic pieces.
Our dedicated volunteers (from left: Susan, Noah, Viki, and Sarah) hand sifting the compost and piling it so it's ready for filling the raised garden beds.