City of Grand Prairie

Solid Waste and Recycling Division, Master Composters

mbell@gptx.org, 972-237-8061

Welcome to Composting and Recycling!

This site is dedicated to providing practical information about the City of Grand Prairie's Master Composter program, organic gardening, smartscape and recycling.

Just click on the categories that are listed on the left side of each page.

Enjoy browsing through the site, and feel free to offer feedback on how the site can better serve your needs. Thanks!

Marchella Bell-West

City of Grand Prairie

Sr. Environmental Specialist

New to composting? Be sure to check out the Frequently Asked Questions link.

What makes compost so great???  

It...

• improves soil structure
• increases moisture infiltration and permeability of clayey soils
• improves water-holding capacity
• supplies macro and micronutrients
• suppress some soil-borne plant pathogens
• improves cation exchange capacity
• improves and stabilizes the soil pH
• binds and degrades certain pollutants

Delores Wood, Vickie Sullivan and Ruby Duncan sift composted material at the Demonstration Garden in Grand Prairie.