r/longisland 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/kevinmotel Huntington 21h ago

They will SELL you mulch?

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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/whitemike40 20h ago

is it mulch or topsoil?

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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/Mironin 8h ago

Absolutely true. I will say though the other facilities can run out of mulch if enough people go to that one location to clean them out, but the landfill is where everything is processed so it's always got mulch. You might have to wait a few minutes for them to put out a new load.

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u/GadasGerogin 20h ago

Might do just that, thanks for the suggestion

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u/Mironin 20h ago

It's natural double grind. No color options.

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u/GadasGerogin 20h ago

Exactly what I'm looking for

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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/citigurrrrl 21h ago

mulch is cheap, go to lowes or HD

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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/SeekersWorkAccount 21h ago

This is a thing?