Pre-order rain barrels and compost bins at a discounted price through the Recycling Association of Minnesota (RAM) website:
https://www.recycleminnesota.org/2025-rain-barrel-and-compost-bin-sale.html.
Residents of New Hope can save $20 with discount code HRG20OFF and may choose to pick up their order at the Brooklyn Park Operations & Maintenance Facility on Saturday, May 3.
Food scraps such as fruit and vegetable peels, stale bread, wilted lettuce, coffee grounds, egg shells, and tea bags, as well as weeds, faded flowers, and vines, can be put into your compost instead of your garbage. Compost can be used as mulch and planted in your yard.
Capture rain in a rain barrel and have a free water source for your garden. In addition to saving you money, rain barrels can keep moisture away from your foundation and prevent debris from washing into our storm sewers.