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BLAST 2025 application form is still open!
2025 Compost Collection Locations
We are so excited to announce 3 locations in two different sectors of the city this year:
Ideate: C & 4:15
Ocean Beach: A & 4:00
Get Your Shit Together: B & 6:45
Drop off compost from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Black Rock Compost Donations
While it is not required that anyone pay, it is because of your generosity in past years that we have been able to make this program possible. We suggest $5 per person, so if your camp has 50 people in it, the suggested amount is $250. Again, you will not be turned away if you do not pay. For those camps with more resources, please consider paying a slightly higher number like $8 per person.
Quick History
Quick History
Since 2015, the Black Rock Compost Program (originally Playawide Compost) has been a volunteer-based composting program at Burning Man to encourage all 10 principles, especially our favorite - Leave No Trace! - in support of Burning Man’s 2030 Environmental Sustainability Roadmap.
Ways to Get Started
What can we compost?
When can we compost?
What is the cost?
The first pilot to explore the feasibility of the compost project thesis was executed from June 10-14 with 120 participants at a community festival in Darlington, Maryland.
Burning Man Project Composting Information
Tips & Hints
Frequently Asked Questions
Resource Links
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Composting Do's and Don'ts
On Playa Compost Drying Methods
Using A Soil Moisture Meter Can Be A Big Help!
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