Beaufort County offers free composting workshops after successful food-waste pilot

Beaufort County Public Works and the Solid Waste & Recycling Department are promoting a series of free public workshops on food composting after launching a pilot program the county described as "extremely successful." The series is intended to help residents learn accepted materials and practical steps to reduce food waste.

Workshops are scheduled at county library branches and are free and open to the public. The broadcast named the next session as taking place at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Helena Branch Library, 6355 Jonathan Francis Senior Way on St. Helena Island.

County materials and the broadcast directed residents to the county website for a full press release listing dates, times and maps for the workshop series. No fees, registration requirements, or enforcement changes were announced during the segment.