Process
Mortality Composting
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What to expect:When your animal companion dies, or if euthanasia is scheduled, contact LC Compost Solutions as soon as possible and arrange a time to deliver the animal to our composting site, or for LC Compost Solutions to arrange pickup ($35 charge for a pickup within 25 miles of Helena). Currently, LC Compost Solutions can pickup animals less than 200 pounds. For a larger animal, such as a horse, LC Compost Solutions partners with the Valley View Landfill in East Helena. They will deliver large animals to the compost facility for a $100 fee, payable directly to them. If you opt to have the composted remains returned to you, terms and conditions apply. The composting fee (and pickup fee, if applicable) will be collected (cash, credit or local check). The animal will then be enveloped in a pile of wood chips, and its location in the compost yard is tracked. You will be contacted when the remains are ready to be picked up. See our rate sheet for estimated length of time before compost is returned. Please keep in mind that there may be some bones present in the remains we return. Although composted remains are suitable for use in planting a tree or flower bed, as a precautionary measure, you should always avoid using mortality compost on crops or plants that are for direct human consumption.
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Mortality composting is better than burial or incineration because the process:
- protects groundwater
- manages multiple waste streams at the same time (manure, wood, produce waste)
- reduces attractants to predators and scavengers
- is quicker than decomposition with burial
- keeps carcasses out of landfill
- creates a usable end-product