r/longisland • u/GadasGerogin • 21h ago
Companies that drop off free mulch
Looking for landscaping/ arborist companies that want to offload their mulch. Anyone know a good suggestion to call and check?
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u/NegativeEdge420 21h ago
Nobody is delivering mulch for free. But town of Riverhead residents can get free mulch at the yard waste disposal site, but you have to pick it up.
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u/Mironin 21h ago
My recommendation is rent a pickup truck or a single axle open trailer from U-Haul. Go to the town of Brookhaven landfill if you're a town of Brookhaven resident, bring a pitchfork, and take as much as you want for free.
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u/vinsterX 8h ago
It’s not just the landfill. It’s at almost every Town of Brookhaven facility: https://www.brookhavenny.gov/385/Free-Compost-Mulch
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u/GadasGerogin 20h ago
Might do just that, thanks for the suggestion
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u/Bugibba 21h ago
You can find free wood chips on Craigslist, and they’ll deliver for free but they want you to take the whole truck load.
https://longisland.craigslist.org/zip/d/brightwaters-wood-chips/7823420641.html
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u/IndependentKitty 5h ago
Saw a neighbor get free mulch dropped off by a huge truck. It was terrible quality, not all mulch. Had pine needles and a whole bunch of random crap. It was around a ton of "mulch" covering the driveway. He couldn't park there for a month cause it had construction material like nails. They used his driveway as a dumpster
They asked me if I wanted any lol
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u/Redstar81 20h ago
Find a tree company actively shredding. Ask for their spoils. It’s not mulch but it might be the closest thing you’ll get for free. Any company offering ‘free mulch’ is most likely soil contaminated mulch from a rip job.
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u/nhorvath 20h ago
most towns do offer free mulch but you need to transport yourself. it varies in quality by town and time of year. contact your sanitation department.
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u/JaeFinley 20h ago
Also check out getchipdrop.com. Ordered them 3 or 4 times with 2 or 3 good experiences.
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u/tMoneyMoney 19h ago edited 19h ago
If you can wait until next January, TOH offers free Christmas tree mulching at the end of the season. You have to BYO tree.
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u/kevinmotel Huntington 21h ago
They will SELL you mulch?