Materials Resources

Goal: Manage resources and materials efficiently by reducing material needs, reusing materials generated onsite, and recycling materials as much as possible

Compost.

Keep and reuse landscape by-products. For example, collect and shred leaves to use as mulch, and compost vegetative debris to mix into the soil and improve its structure.

Recycling Leaves >

Yard Waste and Composting >

Pervious stone walkway with gaps for rainwater to seep into the soil.

Select and use renewable, local, and/or low-energy input landscape materials. Avoid materials, products, and practices that are harmful to the environment.

Sustainable Landscape Materials and Practices >