Backyard composting for your own yard and food waste is allowed; the county has no ordinance banning home compost bins. The public-nuisance code does bar accumulations of putrescible waste and open dumps that draw pests.
Guilford County does not prohibit residential composting, and small home compost bins for leaves, grass, and vegetable scraps are permitted. The limit is nuisance: Sec. 15.5-2 declares open concentrations of garbage, food waste, animal waste, or rotten and putrescible matter to be public nuisances. Keeping compost contained, aerated, and free of meat or offal odors keeps it lawful. Larger-scale or commercial composting is separately regulated under state solid-waste rules. Yard debris should be composted or lawfully disposed rather than dumped in ditches, creeks, or open areas.
A compost pile that becomes a putrescible-waste or vermin nuisance can be declared a public nuisance under Sec. 15.5-2, with abatement orders and cost recovery.
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