FREE MULCH GIVEAWAY IN COMMEMORATION OF EARTH DAY

In commemoration of Earth Day, the City of Memphis Division of Public Works – Bureau of Solid Waste Management will provide free mulch for Memphis residents on Saturday, April 18^th If there is anything left over, it will be available Sunday. The mulch typically goes within the first few hours on the first day.

Beginning at dawn on Saturday, 200 cubic yards of double-hammered mulch will be available at the Liberty Bowl parking lot area (315 S. Hollywood St. south of Central Ave., between the Children’s Museum and Liberty Bowl). The mulch will be provided on a load-your-own, while-it-last, basis and residents must provide their own loading equipment and containers. Commercial businesses and non-Memphis residents are not eligible for the free mulch.

The double ground and aged landscape-quality mulch is derived from over the over 25,000 tons of trees and other wood wastes collected and processed by the City in the last year. Since municipal recycling began in 1995, the City has recycled over 2 million tons of trees and other yard debris, saving the City over $27 million in landfill disposal fees.