Compost
Living Soil Tree Farm
Curbside Food Waste Pickup
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How our collection service works
- When you sign up for curbside food waste pickup the first month is 100% free. (use discount code newcomposter)
- The signup will ask you to select a number of buckets. This is the number of empty buckets we will leave you every collection day
- We collect your bucket/buckets every other week, typically on Tuesdays.
- We take your food waste to local farms where it is mixed with leaves and woodchips to make wonderful compost. Some farms feed your food waste to worms!
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Tips to reduce smells
1. Use a transfer container!
- We like to use a large bowl but just about any container will do. A container with a lid can be helpful
- Use this container to hold your food waste throughout the day
- Empty the transfer container into your main bucket once per day
- It is a good idea to rinse out this container regularly
2. Keep your main bucket away from living areas. The garage or laundry room is a great place.
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Backyard composting
- Using our curbside service is by no means the only way to compost your food waste.
- Making a backyard pile or indoor worm bin is easy and rewarding!
- At home composting systems can be built entirely with material from the waste stream. Think old pallets and plastic tubs etc.
- Composting is a profound experience to behold. It is simultaneously at the beginning and end of life.
- Follow us on social media to learn more about how to setup compost piles at home!
Food Waste
What we do with it matters.
- Food waste releases methane when it breaks down in a landfill.
- Methane is more than 25 x as potent as CO2 in the atmosphere
- In a healthy compost pile food waste does not emit methane
- Compost also helps to capture carbon in soil and plants!
- Composting your food waste is one of the easiest and most direct ways to have a positive impact on climate change
- More than 50% of household waste is compostable!
Ecological Impacts of Compost
- Compost application drastically increases water retention in soils
- When added to soil compost can filter out 60-95% of storm water pollutants
- Increases microbial activity in soils
- Increased resistance to droughts and floods
- Compost improves biological, chemical, and physical properties of soil
Farm and Landscape Impacts of Compost
- Compost can reduce or eliminate the need for fossil fuel based fertilizers and pesticides
- Compost increases yields and plant health
- These benefits are not limited to farms. Compost can be applied to boost ecosystem health in suburban, urban, and native landscapes as well!
- Composting creates more jobs than landfilling and boosts local economies