Free volunteer training will be offered beginning in early February for the Master Composter/Recycler Program.
The program, based at the Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center in Vancouver, is accepting applications for the weekly training course, which starts Feb. 4 and wraps up April 1. The training will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. each Thursday.
The training includes backyard composting, composting with worms, green building, waste reduction and recycling. Space is limited and pre-registration is required
To download an application, go to http://columbiasprings.org/mcr or call 360-882-0936, Ext. 224.
Volunteers contribute 30 hours over the course of the following year in exchange for the free training.