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This growing group of services offer bike-powered services where employees or volunteers pick up generally once per week for a set fee. Some organizations have expanded bike-power to speeding up the rotation and decomposition rate of waste, and many if not all of these organizations offer compost back to their customers.
If you don't have a composting service in your area, it may be worth starting your own. This BioCycle article offers advice from entrepreneurs who have already started this journey.
Some important things to consider are:
Local zoning laws, and waste management requirements. Make sure you register as a appropriate business or organization type to protect yourself legally.
Types of trailers and containers for delivery and pickups.
Business plan creation & hiring
Financing & start up costs
Marketing & payment plans
Growing Local Fertility (pdf) A guide to community Composting.
Share Waste "We connect people who wish to recycle their food scraps and other organics with their neighbors who are already composting, worm-farming or keep farm animals.
Now you can divert organic material from landfill while getting to know the people around you!" Click here to see the interactive map.
ENF: Organic Recycling Plants Directory "Global database of organic recycling plants - companies that process organic waste into new materials."
Organic Recycling Plants In Africa "African organic recycling plants directory - showing companies in Africa that process organic waste into new materials. 48 organic recycling plants based in Africa are listed..."
Miegos Compost "is an Egyptian company based in Cairo. Part of Outgreens Group that aims to improve the daily lives of millions by implementing sustainable solutions and environment-friendly alternatives. Outgreens services range from clean energy solutions like solar and wind energy up to waste management and composting."
Accra Compost & Recycling Plant Limited "is an integrated waste processing and recycling company established to receive and process solid and liquid waste and produce organic manure for agronomic purposes in Ghana and the West African Sub-Region. The plant also addresses the problem of plastic waste through sorting, processing and recycling of such waste."
Jekora Ventures "Organic waste is any waste material that is biodegradable or can spoil. Food waste, market waste and garden waste fall under this category. Organic waste recycling is currently available to all of our commercial clients and rewarded with a discount. Green coloured 240 litre bins are provided for this special exercise. The organic waste is processed into our JV CompSoil organic fertilizer or Fortifer compost." They are also working on a fecal sludge to food program!
Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant (KCARP) "a mega-scale municipal solid waste treatment plant, set up to receive and treat municipal solid waste from the Kumasi Metropolis and adjoining district assemblies. KCARP, is located at Essereso-Adagya in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region. We can receive and process 1,200 tons of MSW daily. This takes care of waste generated by the entire city and adjoining communities.
We are focused on improving our communities to ensure a clean and green environment for all Ghanaians. KCARP seeks to welcome public cooperation in achieving this dream of a better environment where Ghanaians will enjoy good health, good food, high yields in crop production, reduction of greenhouse gasses."
Griincom "partners with department of environment Nakuru County in providing solution to urban and peri-urban waste challenge though recycling to organic fertilizer." "Griincom is a social enterprise based in Nakuru Kenya, supporting women and youth. We have established 3 recycling centres in Nakuru (Greensteds, Mzee Wanyama and Mangu) Processing 30 to 40 tones of organic waste per month, in production of organic farm inputs."
Sanergy this company offers prefabricated toilets with removal service to produce nutritious compost.
Taka Taka Solutions "Every day we collect waste from hundreds of residential, commercial and industrial clients across the Nairobi Metropolitan area."
Madacompost "Gestion et valorisation des déchets urbains à Madagascar. Production d'engrais naturels, combustibles" in the Mahajanga area.
Logipro: Compostage "Contribuer à la fertilité des sols LOGIPRO revitalise les sols en transformant les déchets verts en compost et amendement organique. Le compost issu du traitement biologique est destiné aux agriculteurs, paysagistes, collectivités et particuliers, qui peuvent ainsi enrichir leurs sols.
Des filières dédiées LOGIPRO propose aux entreprises des solutions de valorisation de tous leurs déchets organiques : bio-déchets des ménages, boues urbaines et industrielles, déchets verts, des filières de compostage." in the Casablanca area
Richbol Environmental Services LTD services include waste collection and composting, with locations in Lagos and Ajuba
Agri Organics "manufactures Compost and topsoil on our farm in the Elgin Valley."
The Compost Kitchen "Collection is available in Dainfern, Fourways, Lonehill, Bryanston, Morningside, Waterfall and everywhere in-between, but you can leave a comment to request the service in your area.
Do you live in Parkwood, Parkhurst, Craighall Park, Hyde Park or in-between? We have a special monthly Bokashi pickup service for you, let us know."
Earth Probiotics "Our on-site food waste composting solutions have been implemented across South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Mozambique. We are able to export within the Southern African Development Zone." "We now offer a bokashi food waste collection service for households in selected suburbs in Johannesburg."
Melton Farm Biomass Compost "In our plot clearing services, we are aiding in eradicating alien and invasive plants and utilizing the plant waste in producing a high quality enriched compost.
The process assists in improving air quality by reducing the burning of land clearing debris, reducing gas emissions associated with organic wastes in landfills and reducing the cost of transporting organic wastes." in Buffelsrivier, The Crags
Oricoles: Composting Food Waste this company has locations in the Neave Township, Gqeberha; Kempton Park, Gauteng; Briardene, Durban areas.
Reliance: Green Drop Off Directory Click the "Drop Off Location Brochure" to see a chart of which facility accepts which types of waste including compost, e-waste, motor oil, etc.
Reliance: Corona Facility "The site is certified to accept hazardous organic waste, and issues safe disposal certificates"
Urban Farms provides bokashi supplies to residents, as well as waste services and training for comercial customers.
YWaste "has transformed from a small company manufacturing domestic-scale worm farms into a substantial operation which diverts over 1,500 tons of food waste from landfills every year. Ywaste is a majority blackowned, BBBEE Level 1 company that has grown from a family business to an operation which diverts over 300 tons of food waste from landfills every month. Ywaste focuses on effective and responsible management of food waste and conversion to compost reduces the contribution food waste makes to landfill proliferation. This also enables the replenishment of the soil, which in turn, leads to a better world." Their base of operations is in the Cape Town area.
Zero to Landfill Organics compost food waste and shelter animals to prevent their bodies from ending up in landfills. They serve the Cape Town area.
Pet Waste!
The Big Scoop "South Africa's first responsible approach to pet waste collection and disposal. Keeping single-use products out of our landfills by creating a circular economy."
M.C. Ordinatio Compost "provides reliable scheduled collection services for managing degradable and non-bridgeable waste, and related compostable to businesses in the Larnaca area. Our customers include nursery, hotels, markets, offices, and schools, ect."
Recycling and Composting Kermanshah Company (RCK Co.) "was established on October 29, 1998, with registration number 5303, as a Special Joint Company by cooperation of Kermanshah Municipality, in order to perform waste management plans in Kermanshah, Iran."
Naser Recycling accepts a variety of waste types. They separate municipal waste and compost organic materials.
Negev Ecology "חברת המיחזור הגדולה בישראל, מתמחים באיסוף, פינוי, הובלה וטיפול של פסולת מכל הסוגים."
Compost Baladi "is a Lebanese social enterprise that enables the recovery of organic waste and its valorization via composting. We achieve this through the sale of compost by establishing partnerships with local community members and expand the impact of our reach through technology, trade, and knowledge transfer."
Edama "masters the delicate biological process of composting transforming organic waste into high-value products for desert agriculture, tree plantation and land restoration projects." Thuwal
تدوير Tadweer Food Recycling Company Dammam - 2nd Industrial City
Tadweer "mixed municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) are segregated into several recyclable items using a mixture of manual and automated methods. When these items have been segregated, it will go for compacting and bailing, afterwards,it will be sent to manufactures to create new products.
Recycable items include
a. All Kinds of plastic materials.
b. Paper.
c. Carton.
d. Metallic materials.
e. Organic waste"
ENF Recycling: Middle-East lists companies several Middle Eastern countries, but most companies on the page are in Turkey.
ENF Recycling: Other Europe if you can't find a listing for your European country below, this page may have what you need.
BISA "bietet im Norden der DG und in den Randgemeinden einen Container-Service für Grünabfälle an. Die Leerung erfolgt wöchentlich vom 1. März bis 30. November." "BISA offre au nord de la CG et dans les communes avoisinantes un Service-Conteneur pour le ramassage hebdomadaire de vos déchets verts."
Komunalac: Biodegradable Waste is composted in Herešin
Landschaftsgäertnerei Hilbert s.a.r.l. Green waste and garden waste.
МПБО-2 служба компостирования в Ленинградской области, Всеволожский район.
Compost Connect "Leave Nothing to Waste.
We can help you cut the rubbish. We’re a nonprofit that connects businesses and people to compost services."
England
Herefordshire Council "could be the first local authority in the country to have food waste collected by bike if proposed plans are agreed by cabinet members."
Bio-Cycle is a student-led food waste recycling scheme (see their Facebook page).
In the absence of a council scheme to collect veg peelings and other waste food for compost, students from the University of Southampton devised their own scheme.
In preventing unnecessary food waste from going to landfill, by re-using it locally, they hope to encourage sustainability within Southampton and the strong student community, changing the way people view recycling."
SSB’s Composting Site: The Marsh "adjacent the South West Water site on Exeter Road is open on Sunday mornings from 10am-1pm both to leave garden waste, and to buy compost. Having placed collection of compost on hold for a few weeks, compost is available for collection again. However, we still need MORE green garden waste eg. grass cuttings, dead flowers etc., and LESS wood! Please don’t bring stumps, vines, bamboo, Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam, food/kitchen waste, cooked or uncooked e.g. unwanted fruit and vegetables, peelings, left-overs."
Townmead Road Reuse and Recycling Centre "The Townmead Road site is the main recycling centre in Richmond upon Thames." "Residents can buy compost bins and compostable sacks for garden waste at the recycling centre."
Veolia Commercial food collection service. "For most businesses, food waste is inevitable; but by segregating food waste in the most effective way, we can increase your recycling rates, reduce CO2 emissions and help you move towards zero waste to landfill."
Zap Waste offers bike and electric-powered solutions for company's waste removal including bike-powered compost collection.
Scotland
Giffnock Recycling Bike Scheme "Scotland’s first food waste recycling bike scheme – which was trialled at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – has launched in Giffnock."
Wales
Zap Waste offers bike and electric-powered solutions for company's waste removal including bike-powered compost collection.
Compost Now a directory and interactive map of composting services from Canada to Puerto Rico.
ENF Recycling: Other Americas lists companies in countries throughout the Americas
Sustainable Barbados Recycling Centre "The SBRC facility is located at Vaucluse in the Parish of St. Thomas, Barbados, and is adjacent to the Mangrove sanitary landfill."
Compost Now a directory and interactive map of composting services from Canada to Puerto Rico.
British Columbia
Friendly Composting "provides organic waste collection, compost soil distribution, sustainable education, and more." Kamloops area
Growing City "Whether it's recycling, organics & compost, or waste management, we've got you covered." Vancouver area
Pedal to Petal "Victoria’s Bicycle Powered Compost Company
We are an urban agriculture based collective of food security activists and bicycle advocates located in Victoria, BC.
Our popular bicycle powered kitchen scraps pickup service has operated in Victoria for over 6 years. Read more about this program."
Resort Municipality of Whistler: Composting and Yard Waste Learn about options for residents and commercial composting.
Compost Cab Washington area
Loop Closing "we replace your dumpsters and trash cans with an on-site composting system and return the finished compost to our soils — closing the ecological loop and solving your food waste woes. With comparable pricing, we will reduce the pests, smells, and harmful emissions caused by your current food waste practices. Together, we can reduce the environmental and equity harms of food waste and regenerate our soils and communities, while saving you money one dumpster at a time." Washington area
Compost Crew Washington area, Baltimore, Northern VA area
Manitoba
Compost Winnipeg "Composting at home has never been so simple with our weekly collections and complimentary compostable bags. Unlike a backyard compost bin, we can accept a wider variety of organics such as meat, bones, dairy, and compostable packaging including soiled pizza boxes!
Start diverting over 40% of your household waste from the landfill today!" Winnipeg area
Ontario
Compost Montréal "Become a part of Montreal's sustainable waste management solution and make a difference" "Located in the South-West Borough on the Island of Montreal"
GreenerFarms: Green Bins Program "What started as our food scrap pickup program has transformed into a full-circle farming operation, where we work to show that our food system isn't wasteful – it can be regenerative!" Near Detroit
Quebec
Compost Montréal Montreal area
Casella "Our Customer Solutions team manages over 10,000 customer locations in over 40 states across North America delivering a wide range of environmental services and zero waste solutions to its large and/or multi-site customers."
Compost Crew "is a locally-owned food scrap recycling business that offers clean and convenient composting services to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C."
Litterless: Where to Compost A state by state guide.
Alaska
We collect food scraps and yard debris and process it into finished compost.
We sell finished compost to local gardeners.
We offer both curbside collection and drop-off service options.
We host field trips and teach interactive classes on composting.
We turn waste into a resource, giving Juneau residents, businesses, offices, organizations, and events the option to manage their waste responsibly.
Alabama
Field Culture Compost is Alabama's first ever community scale composting company! We are poised to stand as the model for organic waste recycling by helping to divert the mass of organic waste generated in Birmingham and the surrounding area, that would otherwise end up in landfills, and convert it into an environmentally-safe and conscientious resource. We help minimize Birmingham's environmental impact and turn its organic waste into something valuable for the community.
Ozark Compost & Swap is Alabama's first ever community scale composting company! We are poised to stand as the model for organic waste recycling by helping to divert the mass of organic waste generated in Birmingham and the surrounding area, that would otherwise end up in landfills, and convert it into an environmentally-safe and conscientious resource. We help minimize Birmingham's environmental impact and turn its organic waste into something valuable for the community.
Recycled City - Our mission is to connect residents and businesses to local farming, closing the gap in our society between our food and where it comes from, and reducing food waste from entering our landfills.
California
Beaten Path Compost offers services in the San Francisco area.
Compostable "is a full-spectrum community compost service operating in Los Angeles."
Compost Culture "Our goal is to create and cultivate a culture of sustainability. We provide a curbside organics pickup service as well as a Farmer's Market Outreach and education program."
El Dorado Disposal "is honored to serve the residents and businesses of El Dorado County. We provide safe, reliable, environmentally conscience residential & commercial trash, recycling & organics collection services. Locally operated, we value the people, environment and relationships we share in the community.
El Dorado Disposal is pleased to offer services to the communities in your area. Service areas include - Cameron Park, Unincorporated El Dorado County, El Dorado Hills, City of Placerville, Fairplay, Grizzly Flats, Mt. Aukum, Outingdale, Somerset, Georgetown, Pilot Hill, Lotus, Cool, Coloma, Swansboro, Garden Valley and Greenwood."
Full Cycle Compost "A Worker-Owned Bicycle-Powered Compost Service in Arcata, CA.
We keep your food waste out of the landfill and in our local soil."
Hard Core Compost "Bicycle-Powered Compost Collection Service
We pick up your kitchen scraps and transform them into nutrient rich compost. Worker owned and operated in Santa Cruz, California"
Local Worm Guy - Humbolt Count's complete composting and landfill diverstion solution.
Colorado
Brown's Greens has been stewarding the Colorado Springs ecosystem since 2016. They offer 3 distinct services: Curbside Composting, Sustainable Landscaping, and Urban Agriculture. Their mission is wrapped up in helping people and businesses take responsibility for their food by growing it and/or recycling it through composting, increasing both the beauty and sustainability of peoples’ outdoor living spaces, and protecting and improving the environment we all share.
Castle Rock Composting was founded out of a passion for people & our environment. Our aim is quite simply to divert as much waste from typical landfills as possible. We specialize in collecting all forms of organic, fully compostable waste. We currently service all of Castle Rock and surrounding areas.
Clementine Curbside "Erie, Broomfield, Westminster, Thornton, & Arvada: Compost plans start at only $24/month."
Common Good Compost LLC "Northern Colorado's Residential Food Waste Recycling Service"
Scraps "Scraps offers residential & commercial composting services throughout the Denver Metro area."
Table to Farm Compost "Affordable curbside food scrap and glass collection" the La Plata County region.
Wompost Woman-owned compost "Our mission is to connect residents and businesses to local farming, closing the gap in our society between our food and where it comes from, and reducing food waste from entering our landfills."
Connecticut
Curbside Compost "collects food scraps from residential and commercial locations in Connecticut and New York. Our process ensures that food scraps are brought to compost facilities, not burn plants or landfills. This decreases waste and pollution, and produces healthy, rich soil to give back to the earth. We're staying true to our roots by leveraging our planet's oldest method of recycling.
At the end of the composting cycle, we offer compost delivery for you to enjoy the fruits of your efforts."
Blue Earth Compost " is the leading food scrap collection service for residents in Connecticut as well as municipalities and businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. We save millions of pounds of food from becoming pollution and instead turn them into regeneration for our soils."
Bootstrap Compost "Slaying waste since 2011, Bootstrap Compost is a premium compost pickup service operating throughout Greater Boston, Rhode Island, Worcester, the Berkshires and Southern New Hampshire."
Peels & Wheels "We work with neighborhoods in New Haven and adjacent towns to promote and facilitate solutions for the composting needs of residents, small businesses and schools - we seek to enrich our soils in the city for growing healthy food in house gardens, community gardens and urban farms.
Also we seek to enrich our place by mitigating environmental pollution from the incineration of our trash and by creating jobs and building community.
We do this in many capacities by providing a pedal powered compost service, consulting innovative solution, supporting zero waste events, doing soil analysis for amendments and providing training and education."
Delaware
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
Florida
Apple Rabbit Compost "we’re building a network of local restaurants, residents and farms who want to do their part to help end food waste. To help them do that, we’re on the streets of Jacksonville collecting food scraps to create compost, a miracle soil amendment fondly dubbed ‘black gold’ by farmers. With this compost we can supply community gardens, residents, restaurants, and farms with the soil needed to sustain life."
Compost Community "is a network of urban professionals dedicated to strengthening the local food supply in the Tallahassee and Big Bend area. We are involved in building communities, encouraging and strengthening new and existing partnerships, protecting the environment, reducing waste streams from businesses and residents and having FUN doing it!"
O-Town Compost "has a two-part mission that aims at both reducing the amount of food waste going to Orange County’s landfill, and making compost to support the local food system."
Naples Compost "We currently offer the following compost services:" Residential pick-up, Commercial pick-up, HOA/ Condo association pick-up, Consulting, and Education
"Do you live in an HOA or a condominium that does not allow you to have an outdoor composting bin? Let Naples Compost pick up your food scraps every week. We will provide a stylish table top kitchen compost container for you to store your food scraps that traps and filters any and all smells. We will collect and then transport your food scraps to our compost site to be turned into fertile soil." "We currently pick up from the following counties:" Collier County, Lee County, and Hendry County
Suncoast Compost "offers composting services to individuals, businesses, and events in the Tampa Bay area. We inspire, educate, and empower people to put their food waste to use, promoting sustainable practices and reconnecting the food cycle one composter at a time. It's a dirty job, and we're happy to do it. Together, we can make our community more sustainable."
Two Farms, One Dream "we responsibly handle food waste provided by our members, to ensure it stays away from the local landfill and is kept in the cycle of sustainable food production. We compost your food waste using effective and Earth-friendly practices. We use that compost to make soil for our Earth-Friendly Farm. We then sell our produce to the community at local Farmer’s Markets in Gainesville, Fl, thus completing the cycle. You can find us at the Monday Market at Grove St and the Saturday market at Haile."
Georgia
Awesome Possum Composting "Our residential composting program serves the Greater Athens Area, including Clarke, Oconee, Madison and Oglethorpe Counties."
Compostia "Compost Pick Up Service" for Athens, GA
CompostNow "Offering compost services in Raleigh, Durham, Atlanta, Asheville, Charleston and Cincinnati."
Illinois
Block Bins "are compost & recycling bins that you can request and share." Chicago area.
Collective Resource "As the awareness of sustainability issues is growing, so is our composting community all around Chicagoland. You can divert thousands of pounds of waste by composting at your home, school, work place and more. Serving over 50 communities throughout Chicago and suburbs, Collective Resource Compost makes composting EASY!"
The Urban Canopy "Let’s compost together! You’ve come to the right place to find a food waste and compostables collection service in and around Chicago"
WasteNot "began in 2015 out of a kid’s desire to do better. While lugging his sixth bag of trash to a cafe’s dumpster, he knew there was a simple solution: composting. Out of necessity, WasteNot started as a zero-emissions company, utilizing a bike & trailer to service members across the city. As membership soared, the kid and his best friend joined forces to maintain their commitment to sustainability. They aimed to deliver a sustainable service — sustainably. WasteNot went from operating on a bike to a 100% electric fleet, allowing all WasteNot members to Compost Without Compromise™.
Grown from humble beginnings, WasteNot has become Chicago’s leading compost collection provider, the largest electric fleet owner in Illinois, and has been ranked the #1 compost collection service in the USA two years running (2020 and 2021)."
Indiana
Dirt Wain "We offer monthly and annual subscription plans for food scrap, yard waste, and pet waste pick up and drop off." Fort Wayne and NE Indiana.
EarthKeepers Compost "is a Bloomington-based Benefit Corporation that is woman-owned, minority-owned, and a living-wage employer. Our mission is to educate and activate the Bloomington and Monroe County community around the importance of reducing food waste and increasing composting, for a healthier planet and a happier hometown! Through our commercial, institutional, and community organics collection & consultation services, we can now close the loop on food waste in Bloomington and Monroe County, feeding scraps to the happiest chickens in the land and turning waste into rich compost for urban and rural food production, landscaping, erosion control, stormwater management, and environmental bioremediation."
Earth Mama Compost "We stop by every other week to pickup your goodies. You can request a second bucket it you are in need. No extra charge! If the month happens to give you an extra pickup, then we consider it a gift."
"Areas we service: Zionsville, Marion County, Greenwood, Carmel, Whitestown"
Green With Indy offers curbside, commercial and event composting services.
RE317 "is a local, woman-owned & veteran-powered small business currently serving Hamilton County with our composting services. We help you divert food waste (& much more!) so you can make a positive environmental impact without the hassle. When you join us, you’re investing in a healthier future for your community and our planet."
Earth Mama Compost "We stop by every other week to pickup your goodies. You can request a second bucket it you are in need. No extra charge! If the month happens to give you an extra pickup, then we consider it a gift."
"Areas we service: Zionsville, Marion County, Greenwood, Carmel, Whitestown"
Iowa
The Compost Ninja offers restaurant, business and event services for Linn County, Johnson County, and Iowa County"
Kansas
Food Cycle KC "provides valet-style curbside collection of organic food waste for residents, as well as customized collection plans for businesses, organizations, learning facilities, and special events." "Food Cycle KC services the Kansas side of the Kansas City Metro Area."
Nudge Compost "Our objective is to facilitate food waste recycling in Wichita by offering a simple, clean, and professional alternative to sending food waste to landfills. Give it a try and soon you'll look at food scraps in an entirely new way!"
Kentucky
Compost Bowling Green based in Rockfield, Kentucky
Tree House Compost "We are Central Kentucky’s & Western Appalachia’s premier residential and small business compost pickup service. We provide affordable and convenient services weekly, every other week, or once a month. Not only are we compost pickup experts, but we also provide educational seminars, compost-related consulting, and community-scale pilot-program execution. We also love tabling events! Serving: Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Scott, and Bourbon Ccounty, Kentucky."
Louisiana
The Composting Network "offers Commercial and Residential Compost pick-up service in Louisiana."
Compost N.O.W. "Compost NOW is a residential food waste collection program. We promote and support multiple daily drop off sites all over New Orleans."
Schmelly's "full service compost pickup & delivery business outta New Orleans, LA"
Maine
Garbage to Garden "Once a week, we collect your food scraps at the curb, leaving you with a clean bucket or a fresh compostable liner* - and, if requested, a bag of MOFGA approved compost." Available in Bath, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Gorham, Portland, South Portland, Sanford, Westbrook, Windham, and Yarmouth or Request Your City
Mr. Fox Composting "We started over ten years ago with the goal of providing composting service along the New Hampshire and Maine seacoast. We have come a long way since we started. We have been steadily expanding our commercial, residential, event and compostable product programs throughout many towns. Additionally, we are growing as a company, hiring more drivers, adding new trucks and implementing new technologies to make us as efficient as possible."
ScrapDogs Community Compost "is a residential and commercial carting, production, and sales operation. We collect food and yard waste from midcoast residents and businesses, process them into nutrient-rich, beneficial compost, and return or sell the finished product locally. Collection and processing began in the summer of 2018, and today we are picking up scraps from over 500 customers across the midcoast!" They also compost for events and have drop off locations in the City of Waterville. They have a composting site in Washington Maine, and are looking to expand to Augusta.
Spoke Folks a worker-owned, pedal powered service in Norway and South Paris, Maine.
Maryland
Compost Cab "Compost Cab helps you live your values. We make it easy for you to take action everyday in support of the environment and your community. Composting makes you feel awesome. And once you start, you’ll never stop."
Compost Crew "is a locally-owned food scrap recycling business that offers clean and convenient composting services to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C."
Key City Compost "Local to Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania region only. Please reach out if you need connected to a Residential Composting Service in your State or City." "We service Commercial accounts in a wide service area throughout Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania."
Mundea "Mundea's Compost Collection Management Services allows organizations such as bakeries, bars, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, schools, colleges, universities and supermarkets to divert food- and organic waste, reduce its environmental footprint and save money on its trash collection costs."
"In Baltimore, food waste is collected up to 3 times per week. The compost collection schedule and frequency is tailor-made to your organization and dependent on the food- and organic waste being produced, available space in your trash area, waste management budget and other factors.
After the organic waste has been collected, it is hauled to the compost facility in Prince George's County where it is composted."
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
New Grounds Composting "Residential compost service available across Talbot County"
Massachusetts
Bootstrap Compost "Slaying waste since 2011, Bootstrap Compost is a premium compost pickup service operating throughout Greater Boston, Rhode Island, Worcester, the Berkshires and Southern New Hampshire."
Black Earth Compost "was founded in January 2011, in Gloucester, MA. Originally a one man, one truck, Cape Ann company, it has steadily grown to become the leading full service compost company in New England. With over 30 trucks, we are dedicated to collecting food scraps from residents, schools, supermarkets, colleges, and more, all across eastern MA and RI. We are also the only vertically integrated company that composts the material too, returning it to customers and selling it in garden centers across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Whatever your organic waste collection or garden soil needs, we are your one stop shop."
Blue Earth Compost " is the leading food scrap collection service for residents in Connecticut as well as municipalities and businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. We save millions of pounds of food from becoming pollution and instead turn them into regeneration for our soils."
The Compost Co-operative "We offer compost pickup services to residents, businesses, and institutions while building co-operative business ownership among people who have been incarcerated and others who face barriers to employment."
Cooperative Energy, Recycling, and Organics "is an award-winning commercial composting company based out of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
We provide food waste diversion and pickup services for a wide range of commercial clients in the metro Boston area.
CERO transports food scraps to local farms, where they are recycled into nutrient-rich compost products used to support the local agricultural economy.
Our mission is simple: keep food waste out of landfills, save money for our clients, and provide good, green jobs for Boston's hard working communities."
Garbage to Garden "Once a week, we collect your food scraps at the curb, leaving you with a clean bucket or a fresh compostable liner* - and, if requested, a bag of MOFGA approved compost." available in Medford and Somerville or Request Your City
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
Second Chance Composting "Family and Locally Owned Food Scraps & Organic Matter Drop-Off, Pickup, Hauling, Processing" in The Berkshires MA & Southern VT
Tommy's Compost Services "aims to help homes and businesses in the Berkshires to compost their food waste and to generate beautiful and nutrient-dense compost soil. By doing so, we will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, support local food systems, and create a more sustainable future for us all."
Michigan
Carter's Compost "Traverse City's Residential Compost Service" "We are a compost collection and delivery service that uses bicycles with trailers to haul food scraps from your kitchen to local composting sites."
The Compostadores is the composting program of Gardening Matters, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting and preserving community gardens in the Twin Cities. The program was started in 2010. They collect materials from homes and businesses and compost it at the community gardens where it will be used.
Earthbound Environmental Solutions "Hauling services are only one part of our commitment to our community." located in the Chippewa Valley
Kalamazoo Compost The Bike Farm offers a bike-powered composting service with drop off points at their farm and the Kalamazoo Farmers' Market.
Midland Permaculture is a non-profit organization in the Midland area.
Midtown Composting "Our subscription services are available in the Detroit Metropolitan Area" They also sell "compostable merch" including take out containers.
My Green Michigan "We encourage all of our affiliated compost facilities to support community garden programs generously, completing the garden to table to garden loop!"
Turtle Ridge Compost "We are a curbside compost company serving Southwest Michigan"
Unlimited Recycling "can provide your company or institution with our aggressive, proactive Food Waste Composting Program to include the pickup and composting of all food and other compostable wastes generated at your facility." Based in Richmond
Wormies "We’re a proud local business of Grand Rapids, Michigan."
Minnesota
Front Door to Farm Organics Recycling "is the only curbside composting in Rochester! We make it easy for you to go green by providing a 5-gallon, odor-free bucket for your food scraps that is swapped at your curb once a week." "We serve Rochester, MN and surrounding areas."
Missouri
Compost Collective KC "Imagine a world where you threw your food waste into a lined bucket and every week, it was swiftly collected and turned into nutrient rich soil. Lucky for you, it's happening in Kansas City metro right now. Sign up and start saving the world - easy peazy, lemon rind squeezy."
KC Can Compost "is an innovative nonprofit enterprise committed to the transformation of Kansas City’s social and environmental landscapes.
We not only collect organic waste and divert it from the landfill for composting but also educate and train men and women struggling to overcome barriers to employment for work in green industry jobs. Two goods, one solution."
New Earth Farm "If you are outside of our service area, still drop us a line! We’ll keep track of interest in other nearby areas for the future, and may be able to refer you to another Saint Louis area compost provider. Compost STL!"
Perennial City "has been on a mission to help transform vacant, unused land into beautiful and productive urban farms.
This is made possible by your support of Perennial City Composting!
Subscribing with us doesn't just keep those valuable scraps out of the landfill and offset literal tons of carbon emissions every week—your finished compost serves as the foundation for growing a more vibrant and healthier St. Louis through urban food production. We're excited to grow with you!"
Rot Riders is a bike-powered composting program.
Montana
Better Roots Composting "The vision for Better Roots Composting grew from our innate desire to protect and preserve the amazing state we live in, Montana.
Our team is specifically dedicated to the diversion of waste through the process of recycling organic matter or composting. We determined that composting was the best and most natural way for us to help meet Helena’s Zero Waste Goals and build back Montana soil, better."
Happy Trash Can Curbside Composting "We have residential & commercial compost collection services in Bozeman, Belgrade, and Livingston, Montana."
Missoula Compost Collection "Did you know yard and food waste make up 28% of material in the Missoula landfill? We want to see it go to the right place. It's time our progressive community makes a change when it comes to more sustainable, environmentally-friendly waste disposal. We are a locally owned and operated L.L.C. on a mission to improve Missoula's waste management." Missoula and surrounding areas.
Soil Cycle Composting Service is bringing down emissions in the Missoula Valley "We will bike to your home, scrape out your bucket, and then process your scraps into compost. About twice a year, you can look forward to getting your cured compost or compost tea back after your scraps have been turned into magical soil!"
Swift Buckets "home composting service for $17.50 per month or $175 for a whole year for households within the Billings or Laurel service area.
All customers receive an annual credit of soil conditioners including their choice of compost, big sky bio liquid concentrate or vermicast with the option of donating their share to a community garden in the area."
YES Compost LLC "On each service day we grab your full bucket and replace it with a clean one. We pressure wash the buckets with 140 degree water between EVERY service so that you never have to deal with a messy bucket or single-use liner bag! Our home service area includes Bozeman, Belgrade, and Big Sky, and for anywhere else our Bucket Exchange subscription makes sure you can keep your foodwaste out of the landfill!"
Nevada
Down to Earth Composting Bike-powered composting
New England
Black Earth Compost "was founded in January 2011, in Gloucester, MA. Originally a one man, one truck, Cape Ann company, it has steadily grown to become the leading full service compost company in New England. With over 30 trucks, we are dedicated to collecting food scraps from residents, schools, supermarkets, colleges, and more, all across eastern MA and RI. We are also the only vertically integrated company that composts the material too, returning it to customers and selling it in garden centers across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Whatever your organic waste collection or garden soil needs, we are your one stop shop."
City Compost "Service through New England"
New Hampshire
Black Earth Compost "was founded in January 2011, in Gloucester, MA. Originally a one man, one truck, Cape Ann company, it has steadily grown to become the leading full service compost company in New England. With over 30 trucks, we are dedicated to collecting food scraps from residents, schools, supermarkets, colleges, and more, all across eastern MA and RI. We are also the only vertically integrated company that composts the material too, returning it to customers and selling it in garden centers across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Whatever your organic waste collection or garden soil needs, we are your one stop shop."
Bootstrap Compost "Slaying waste since 2011, Bootstrap Compost is a premium compost pickup service operating throughout Greater Boston, Rhode Island, Worcester, the Berkshires and Southern New Hampshire."
Elm City Compost Initiative "is proud to bring the first residential compost collection service to Keene!"
Grow Nashua "now offers a local food scrap collection service that is creating soil, green energy, and local jobs all while diverting food waste from the Four Hills Landfill every day! Let us compost your food scraps and organic materials while simultaneously supporting our non-profit outreach in Nashua's inner city and school gardens."
Mr. Fox Composting "We started over ten years ago with the goal of providing composting service along the New Hampshire and Maine seacoast. We have come a long way since we started. We have been steadily expanding our commercial, residential, event and compostable product programs throughout many towns. Additionally, we are growing as a company, hiring more drivers, adding new trucks and implementing new technologies to make us as efficient as possible."
Pedal People Coop "we are a worker-owned, human-powered delivery and hauling service for the Northampton, Massachusetts area" Click here to learn about their composting and recycling pick up rates. You can pick just one service or both!
Renewal Compost "New Hampshire Towns Serviced by Renewal: Amherst, Auburn, Bedford, Bow, Concord, Derry, Goffstown, Hooksett, Londonderry, Manchester, Merrimack, Milford, New Boston, New London, Raymond, Windham" offers residential, commercial and composting for events.
New Jersey
The Compost Man One Five Gallon Collection Bucket, Biweekly Collection, FREE Finished Compost Material Upon Request in the Lambertville area.
Java's Compost "Currently servicing: Bloomfield, Chatham, Cranford (north), East Orange, Garwood, Glen Ridge, Livingston, Madison, Maplewood, Millburn, Montclair, Morristown, Mountainside, New Providence, Orange, Short Hills, South Orange, Summit, Verona, West Orange, Westfield"
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
One Compost Can "We currently collect residential and commercial food scraps from New Jersey’s Mercer and portions of Hunterdon, Somerset, Northern Burlington and Pennsylvania’s Bucks Counties."
Trenton Renewables "is a food waste recycling and renewable energy company located in Trenton, New Jersey"
Un-Waste "This easy to use and seamless service is available to residents and businesses along the Central Jersey Shore. Anyone that is willing to live a greener more sustainable lifestyle that directly impacts the environment is welcome to reach out. Through our efficient and high quality services, we assist a wide variety of establishments from single apartment dwellers to medium scale commercial entities."
New Mexico
Little Green Bucket "Albuquerque. Los Ranchos. Corrales. Rio Rancho. South Valley."
New York
Adirondack Worm Farm "is based in Kingsbury, NY - in beautiful Washington County. We offer a residential curbside composting service, provide quality compost, and work with tens of thousands of special composting worms to produce nature's best fertilizer — worm castings and worm tea — to help home gardeners, farmers, landscapers and anyone else grow bountiful, disease-resistant vegetables, crops, flowers and grass without chemicals."
BK ROT "is New York City's first community-supported, bike-powered, fossil fuel free food waste hauling and composting service. Our project is staffed by young people of color who haul residential and commercial organic waste and transform it into high quality compost. Our operations provide accessible jobs and sustained professional development for emerging environmental leaders."
Blue Earth Compost " is the leading food scrap collection service for residents in Connecticut as well as municipalities and businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. We save millions of pounds of food from becoming pollution and instead turn them into regeneration for our soils."
CNY Green Bucket Project "We supply your bi weekly compostable bag for CNY Green Bucket Project for the recycled 5 gallon bucket with the service charge. All you need to do is fill it full of all your compost/food scrap collection if you live in Clinton, New Hartford, or Utica or some areas in New York Mills and Whitesboro."
Community Compost Company "You sort your food scraps. We recycle them into compost! Community Compost Co. offers pick-up services for residents, businesses, and institutions, as well as community drop spots."
Curbside Compost "collects food scraps from residential and commercial locations in Connecticut and New York. Our process ensures that food scraps are brought to compost facilities, not burn plants or landfills. This decreases waste and pollution, and produces healthy, rich soil to give back to the earth. We're staying true to our roots by leveraging our planet's oldest method of recycling.
At the end of the composting cycle, we offer compost delivery for you to enjoy the fruits of your efforts."
Farmer Pirates Compost "has been providing compost and composting services to the Buffalo area since 2014. We are committed to all things compost and are expanding our service area all the time!"
FoodScraps360 "is working closely with area municipalities, particularly the Towns of Bethlehem, Troy, Albany, and Schenectady, to provide the infrastructure for the Capital District to sustainably manage our foodscraps. We work with communities and committees to offer municipal citywide curbside compost pickup services. Let us help you structure a cost-effective compost program for your town or city today!
Programs can range from city-wide composting to a pilot program, subsidized collection bins, drop off locations, and more." They also offer services to comercial and residential customers.
GreenFeen OrganiX (GFO) "is a women led, worker-owned cooperative business that graduated from Green Worker’s Cooperative Academy.
Focusing on environmental justice and waste equity in the South Bronx, our current compost service not only collects but also processes food scraps locally. We host volunteer workdays where we educate local residents and businesses about compostable food waste diversion and renewable energy within New York City."
Loving Earth Compost "Our weekly, bi-monthly or monthly curbside pick-up service empowers those without the space, time or desire to manage their own composting system to still compost at home! It’s easy. You put your compostables in the bin, and we’ll do the rest! You’ll be able to earn compost back along with a customized report outlining your food waste impact." "We service a portion of Saratoga County, including Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa, Ballston Lake, Corinth, Malta, Wilton, Greenfield Center, Mechanicsville, and Gansevoort. If you are unsure if your area is covered, please fill out your address via the contact form and we will be in touch."
Mr. T Carting "We provide 35-gallon and 64-gallon roll-out carts to store food waste separately from trash. Carts are equipped with two wheels for easy maneuverability, lids, and a locking mechanism to prevent unwanted access. Our dedicated food waste collection fleet is designed to prevent release of liquids as we empty your carts. Here’s what to expect:
We transport the food waste to processing facilities in the New York City area.
The food waste is then transferred to aerobic and anaerobic compost facilities.
Processed material becomes top soil, mulch and other aggregate material for use on farms, gardens and in landscaping projects.
The Anaerobic Digesters (AD’s) used in food waste composting rapidly cycle organics back into use, turning them into a valuable resource for sustainable agriculture and renewable energy."
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
Radix Ecological Sustainability Center "Compost is picked up, with one of our zero-emission bikes, once per week on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, depending on your address.
During the week, place your food scraps inside the provided filtered, no-odor container.
Place the container on your front steps, stoop, porch, or agreed upon location by 8AM every week on your pick up day. We will remove the contents." Albany
Reclaimed Organics "is a division of Common Ground Compost. We are a compost collection service for lower Manhattan office spaces & small businesses. We bring food scraps by bike to local a community garden for processing, or we consolidate them for processing just outside of NYC."
Skidmore College "is a student-run composting program that services the Northwoods and Sussman apartment villages. With more than 600 students living in these villages, we are able to divert a large amount of food waste from the landfill. Since 2011, the program has diverted over 100,000 pounds of food waste from landfills while preventing harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The compost created by the program is donated to the Skidmore Community Garden, where it is used to enrich soils and promote the growth of healthy, fresh, organic vegetables."
South Hill Compost "We empower community members and local businesses to divert their compostables from the landfill, and, instead, use those nutrients to build healthy soil by composting." 3684 South Hill Rd., McGraw, NY
Vokashi "uses the Japanese method of fermentation called “Bokashi”. We provide an airtight bucket and lid, a packet of the bran containing the original microbial inoculate EM-1®. The fermentation process preserves the food scraps reducing odors and pests when the bucket is tightly closed.
Every month we collect and swap your full bucket of fermented food scraps and leave a fresh bucket(s) and bran. We take your food waste to our local, NYC, Vokashi site (thanks to the Marine Park Golf Course!) and compost it to benefit New York City public green spaces."
North Carolina
CompostNow "Offering compost services in Raleigh, Durham, Atlanta, Asheville, Charleston and Cincinnati."
Crown Town Compost "We turn food scraps into nutrient-rich compost for homes & businesses in greater Charlotte, North Carolina."
Mecklenburg County Compost Central and Recycling Center "located at 140 Valleydale Road is in full operation." Click the link for more detailed directions for drop off, phone #, etc.
Wilmington Compost Company "Ready to eliminate your organic waste? Join others and take the next step to a more sustainable future for Wilmington."
Ohio
Athens-Hocking Organics "Residences and businesses can sign up compost material collection." "Service Collection Area Includes: City of Athens, Chauncey, The Plains, Nelsonville, and surrounding areas."
Back2TheDirt "We make going zero waste easy with our pickup and drop off available to businesses and residents in the Eastern Cincinnati Area."
CompostNow "Offering compost services in Raleigh, Durham, Atlanta, Asheville, Charleston and Cincinnati."
Compost Clubhouse "is a collective of kids, advocates, service providers, city leaders and schools in Central Ohio. We empower kids and their communities to divert food scraps and other compostable waste from our landfills. Our weekly curbside pickup is a simple solution for all individuals and families to contribute to the critical issue of planet warming gases emitted into our environment and overcrowding of landfills."
Local Compost "Dedicated to food waste recovery and compost production in the Greater Cincinnati Area"
Oasis Aqua Farm "a local family owned and operated sustainable farm and composting facility located in Beavercreek Ohio."
Queen City Commons "provides clean and timely food scrap collection for businesses and organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area, as well as compost drop-off sites for residents. Partnering with us ensures your organics are diverted from the landfill and sets you apart as a change-maker in the way Cincinnati addresses its food waste."
Rust Belt Riders "Simple and accessible composting services for residents and organizations." Cleveland area.
The Compost Exchange "operates 8 food scrap drop off recycling booths in the Columbus area - 1 is at a floral shop in the Short North, 4 are at area Farmers Markets, and 3 are at Whole Foods Markets - Lane Ave, Easton, and now in Dublin.
The booths are open all year. When the farmers markets at Clintonville, Dublin. and Westerville close for the season, we remain open each week in those same locations. When Worthington’s Farmers Market moves inside the Worthington Mall, we stay outside at the entrance where Orvis and First Watch stores are located. Once you sign up, you can bring your food scraps from your home to any location.
NOTE: After signing up, you can obtain your new collection bucket system at the booth you are required to choose during the signing up process. After that you can make drop offs at any of our booths - perhaps you were out of town, simply forgot or something came up - our drop off service is very convenient to fit your schedule."
Oklahoma
Fertile Ground Cooperative residential and commercial composting service.
GemDirt "operates commercial green waste facilities at our North and South locations. We are open year-round for FREE DUMPING OF LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS AND MANURE. We do not accept any sticks or brush. The green waste facility is always open during regular working hours with extended hours during the heavy leaf season."
The Midwest City compost facility requires proof of residency "located at 7420 N.E. 36th Street accepts yard waste material, such as:
Grass clippings
Leaves
Green waste
Brush
Woody material"
Oregon
FourRivers Composters "Home pick-up of kitchen scraps Ontario, OR area."
Rouge Produce: Community Composting "We currently serve customers in Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, and soon Medford!"
Pennsylvania
Back to Earth Compost Crew "Residential curbside & commercial compost pick-up in the Suburban Phila Area, Compost Collection Sites, Virtual Compost Classes"
Bennet Compost "Whether collecting and emptying compost buckets in vehicles and on bicycles, transforming your food scraps into compost at our site in North Philly, responding to your emails and phone calls, or selling our soil products - we are here to provide Philadelphians with an opportunity to connect with our earth through composting!"
Carbon Compost "We collect and share how many pounds of compostable material you divert from the landfill and the resulting reduction of harmful emissions." City of Pittsburgh
Circle Compost "we are a woman-owned company born from a desire to prevent food scraps, leaves, and other organic discards from being landfilled. Our goal is to change people’s perception of organic materials that have traditionally been considered trash, and provide people with a simple, localized alternative to throwing these organic materials away. We make as many of our food scrap pickups from Philly residents as possible by bicycle trailer to avoid burning fossil fuels!"
The Compost People "Currently serving Mt Lebanon, Dormont, Fox Chapel, Highland Park, Lawrenceville, Mt Washington, Morningside, Shadyside, Stanton Heights, Squirrel Hill and Upper St Clair!
More areas coming soon!"
Conservation Compost "By diverting organic materials destined for landfills into valuable, locally produced soil amendments, Conservation Compost fills a unique and necessary niche in Northwest Pennsylvania. Offering a range of landscaping products and cost effective composting services, Conservation Compost is the region's first large scale composting facility."
Key City Compost "Local to Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania region only. Please reach out if you need connected to a Residential Composting Service in your State or City." "We service Commercial accounts in a wide service area throughout Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania."
Kitchen Harvest "We provide bi-weekly residential collection of food scraps and yard waste in the western Philadelphia suburbs." "We collect compostables from schools, businesses, restaurants and markets in the Philadelphia suburbs."
Kona Compost Co. "reduce food waste in Bucks County"
Mother Compost "is a certified WBENC Women Owned Business." "Composting in Bala Cynwyd, Wynnewood, Penn Wynne, Narberth, Ardmore, Havertown, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Villanova, St. David’s, West Chester, Wayne and Devon."
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
One Compost Can "We currently collect residential and commercial food scraps from New Jersey’s Mercer and portions of Hunterdon, Somerset, Northern Burlington and Pennsylvania’s Bucks Counties."
Shadyside Worms "Our flagship program is our Curbside Compost Exchange Program, a subscription-based residential composting program throughout Pittsburgh. Customers that sign up can easily dispose of their food scraps and compostable waste on a weekly basis using one of our compost buckets in exchange for fresh compost at the end of the subscription. We pick up on a weekly basis and offer a high-quality, organic product in return, along with personalized instruction on how to use our product in your garden, yard, or houseplants. The exchange you receive can also be donated to one of the many non-profit gardening programs we partner with, or any program of your choice."
Worm Return "is a female-owned, socially responsible organic material diversion company providing composting services to the City of Pittsburgh and beyond. Our goal is to keep food scraps out of landfills and create soil amendments high in nutrients and valuable microbial life in the process."
Puerto Rico
TAIS "¡Recicla tu comida! Los residuos de tu comida son alimentos para la agricultura local con el Borikashi Kit" San Juan area
Rhode Island
Black Earth Compost "was founded in January 2011, in Gloucester, MA. Originally a one man, one truck, Cape Ann company, it has steadily grown to become the leading full service compost company in New England. With over 30 trucks, we are dedicated to collecting food scraps from residents, schools, supermarkets, colleges, and more, all across eastern MA and RI. We are also the only vertically integrated company that composts the material too, returning it to customers and selling it in garden centers across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Whatever your organic waste collection or garden soil needs, we are your one stop shop."
Bootstrap Compost "Slaying waste since 2011, Bootstrap Compost is a premium compost pickup service operating throughout Greater Boston, Rhode Island, Worcester, the Berkshires and Southern New Hampshire."
Blue Earth Compost " is the leading food scrap collection service for residents in Connecticut as well as municipalities and businesses in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. We save millions of pounds of food from becoming pollution and instead turn them into regeneration for our soils."
Epic Renewal "We compost all of our feedstocks in Pawtucket and Central Falls, RI, so you can feel confident that your hauling footprint is not outweighing the benefit of your composting efforts!"
South Carolina
Atlas Organics "Recycle your table scraps and we’ll convert them into nitrogen-rich compost! Atlas Organics provides curbside pickup of your compost, and when you’re ready we’ll drop off healthy compost soil at your home. Choose your number of service bins, and which service schedule you prefer, and we’ll do the rest. All service subscriptions are monthly." Also serves commercial customers. Greenville | Spartanburg | Easley | Clemson | Memphis | Chattanooga
Compost House "is a food and paper waste recycling program geared for residents, cafes and office environments. We offer weekly doorstep pick up or have a drop off site available. A crucial step in the "table to farm" movement, Compost House turns your compostable waste into a nutrient-rich soil amendment called compost. Buckets are provided. Finished compost available upon request." "Become a part of the Compost Community with Compost House, a residential food and paper waste recycling program built around the mission to reduce landfill disposal and rebuilding community soil with their parent company, Atlas Organics." Spartanburg
Tennessee
The Compost Fairy "Help make Memphis a more sustainable community with simple ways to compost at home, at work, and at your favorite restaurant brought to you by the Compost Fairy."
Compost Nashville "Do you live in a house, condo, apartment, or townhome? Simply fill out our signup form and we’ll take care of the rest.
Businesses can compost too! Do you own or work for a restaurant, bar, office, grocery store, school, or any entity creating food waste? Submit our business signup form and a compost specialist will get in touch with you to discuss the best options for your application." Event composting also available!
Green Heron Compost Services "If you live in or around Knox County, TN, submit your location to our system to see if you’re in our range."
Texas
Amigos Compost in the Amarillo area.
Break It Down "We compost any food waste, including meat and bones, and can schedule as many pick-ups as your restaurant, hotel, or school needs – even on weekends!" They serve homes including apartments, businesses, and have a drop off point for cardboard, possibly other recyclables too. Austin
Compost Pedallers service Austin with bike-powered pick-up. They have a rewards program for composting including prizes like free yoga lessons or free compost pickup for a friend! You can read about their impact here, or apply for a job with this company here.
Compost Queens "The Compost Queens diverts food scraps from the landfill and returns them to local farms. We're transforming our soil to transform the Earth and our community." San Antonio and surrounding areas.
From Curb to Compost "We’re based in Richmond but we serve communities all over Space City including Sugar Land, Missouri City, Katy, Memorial, and Jersey Village. Contact us to see if we’re in your specific neighborhood or to get notified when we expand to your area."
Happy Earth Compost "Join Houston's first curbside compost service and help make the Earth a healthier and happier place."
Karma Pharma Compost pickup and other services in the Houston area.
Moonshot Compost "Your Trusted Houston Compost Service Pick-up and Drop-off Available!"
Turn Compost Pick up and drop off services for the Dallas area.
Utah
Compost Cache Valley offers a variety of services including curbside, and pick up options for residents as well as businesses. They also offer: "Compost and glass drop off services available at Cache Valley Gardener’s Market. Only during Market season!"
Virginia
Apex Organix in Harrisonburg, "Food Waste Composting for Businesses, Schools, and Special Events. Now Serving the Shenandoah Valley!"
Black Bear Composting "is an organics recycling company located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. We help local businesses, organizations and residents reduce their waste stream by recycling their organic materials — food scraps, yard trimmings, and clean waste wood — into products for healthy soil."
Compost Cab "Compost Cab helps you live your values. We make it easy for you to take action everyday in support of the environment and your community. Composting makes you feel awesome. And once you start, you’ll never stop."
Compost Crew "is a locally-owned food scrap recycling business that offers clean and convenient composting services to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C."
Earth Options Composting serving Richmond City and Henrico County.
Key City Compost "Local to Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania region only. Please reach out if you need connected to a Residential Composting Service in your State or City." "We service Commercial accounts in a wide service area throughout Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania."
Natural Upcycling "is Upstate New York’s premier food scraps/organics collection company. Our focus is to collect organic or food waste and turn it into a renewable resource – such as electricity or natural gas – through a process called anaerobic digestion.
We recycle over 9,000,000 lbs of food waste per month which reduces carbon dioxide pollution by 3,964 metric tons or the equivalent of taking 10,269* cars off the road monthly."
"Natural Upcycling currently collects source separated organics [from locations in] (DE, MA, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA), and is upstate New York’s largest landfill-diverting food waste collection company."
Vermont
Earth Girl Composting "Events, Households and Non-Food-Based Businesses. Serving Chittenden and Washington Counties in Vermont Since Earth Day 2006"
Second Chance Composting "Family and Locally Owned Food Scraps & Organic Matter Drop-Off, Pickup, Hauling, Processing" in The Berkshires MA & Southern VT
Transform Vermont Compost Connection "Our mission is to help Vermonters who are helping to save the planet; one green bucket at a time. Together we are reducing landfill waste, helping local farmers and making food waste recycling easy and affordable. The food scraps you save are going to feed animals and also to making compost that will enrich the soil and make more food for all.
We are currently accepting customers from all towns in Washington County and some in Orange county. If you are outside of these areas please call us. We may still be able to serve you."
Willow Tree Community Compost "We offer curbside food scrap pickup service in the White River Junction, Wilder, Quechee and Hartford Village neighborhoods of Hartford, VT."
Washington D.C.
Compost Cab "Compost Cab helps you live your values. We make it easy for you to take action everyday in support of the environment and your community. Composting makes you feel awesome. And once you start, you’ll never stop."
Compost Crew "is a locally-owned food scrap recycling business that offers clean and convenient composting services to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C."
Key City Compost "Local to Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania region only. Please reach out if you need connected to a Residential Composting Service in your State or City." "We service Commercial accounts in a wide service area throughout Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania."
Veteran Compost DC "From Combat to Compost, Veteran Compost makes it easy to recycle food-scraps and turn waste into compost that helps provide nutrients for the soil. We provide the bins and pick up, and you provide the food-scraps."
Washington State
Kitsap County: Home Waste Collection "Curbside compost service is available to most single-family homes in Kitsap County. By 2026, all single-family homes will have the option to add compost services."
West Virginia
Key City Compost "Local to Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania region only. Please reach out if you need connected to a Residential Composting Service in your State or City." "We service Commercial accounts in a wide service area throughout Maryland, D.C, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania."
Bucket Ruckus Stevens Point and Plover area "This service provides you with a 5-gallon bucket fitted with a screw top lid for easy handling. You can leave it at your curb either every week or every other week and it will be swapped for an empty one on your pick up day."
Compost Crusader "is out to expand the industry and create a compost site for the growing need to process all types of post-consumer food scraps." Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Racine counties area.
Curbside Composter "Serving Madison, Middleton, Fitchburg, Verona, Monona, Sun Prairie, McFarland, Cottage Grove, Waunakee and DeForest"
Curby's Compost Service "Our goal is to make composting easier for the residents of southeastern Wisconsin. Please join us in this exciting new opportunity. " Milwaukee area
Earthbound Environmental Solutions "is a family owned business located in the Chippewa Valley. Earthbound is proud to offer a unique and first of its kind curbside organics recycling program to directly meet the waste management challenges of our community. Earthbound’s pioneering approach to landfill diversion practices offers a combination of collection services that allow community members to separate their organic material from their garbage and recycling while maintaining their current weekly pick up." Eau Claire, Chippewa Valley area
Greener Bay Compost "We are Green Bay’s premier compost company, serving Northeastern Wisconsin with our Award-Winning Residential and Commercial Compost Pickup & Drop-Off Services, plus sales of our finely sifted, premium compost."
Waste Not, LLC Milwaukee area
Kompost Kids "is a volunteer-run, nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming our “waste” stream through active landfill diversion and local disposal of food residuals and other compostables. Our mission is to educate the public, individuals, businesses, and institutions about the benefits of compost and to reclaim organic materials from landfills to create soil for community-based agriculture projects."
Compost Connect "Leave Nothing to Waste. We can help you cut the rubbish. We’re a nonprofit that connects businesses to compost pickup services."
South Australia
Jeffries Compost Service "collects and recycles your compostable materials and foods scraps, diverting them from landfill and turning them into high quality compost, soil, mulch and organic fertiliser products."
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"Jeffries Compost Service provides a compost collection service across metropolitan Adelaide, from a minimum of once a week and up to 6 days per week in selected areas."
Victoria
Western Composting Technology (WCT) "are specialists in alternative waste treatment. We have the expertise and agility to build, own or operate alternative waste treatment facilities in Australia. Our waste treatment technologies include in-vessel (tunnel), windrow and aerated static pile composting, and anaerobic digestion (wet and dry)."
We couldn't find any composting services for New Caledonia, meaning there is probably some business opportunity for anyone wanting to jump into the circular economy. This article talks about the government's current plans and need for people to help build a cleaner economy. The article also links to The Clean Pacific Round Table which is focused on these issues.
Compost Connect "Leave Nothing to Waste. We can help you cut the rubbish. We’re a nonprofit that connects businesses to compost pickup services."
Auckland
Auckland Council: Community Recycling Centers "Ngā pokapū hangarua ā-hapori" "Our aim with community recycling centres is to reduce waste to landfill by reusing, re-purposing and recycling as much as possible."
Waiheke Community Resource Recovery Park accepts green waste as well as other types for both commercial and residential customers.
Whangaparāoa Community Recycling Centre (among other services) provides "buckets and instructions for food scrap collection where full buckets are swapped for empty ones"
ENF Recycling: Other Americas lists companies in countries throughout the Americas
Biocom Recicladora Orgánica "Comenzamos la actividad en el año 2000 con nuestra primera planta de compostaje en el partido de Pilar, Buenos Aires, en la cual comenzamos trabajando con materiales provenientes de poda y de la recolección de residuos verdes." "Desde allí hemos trabajado en el manejo de residuos verdes, con la premisa de habilitar una planta para el tratamiento de residuos orgánicos industriales, hecho que pudimos consumar en el año 2010 con nuestra planta en Exaltación de la Cruz."
Western Australia
The Sustainability Grants Program (in the City of Cockburn) "offers funding for projects related to six sustainability themes. Open to small businesses, schools, not-for-profits, and collective households, successful applicants can receive up to $4,000 for their project."