Jane McKeel is a resident and member of the Green Team at Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads (GHBC). The Green Team helps to promote sustainable living at GHBC. She shared her perspective with Compost Crew. How did you get involved with the Green Team at Goodwin House? Soon after moving to Goodwin House Baileys Crossroads (GHBC), I observed that in-house recycling…
Peter Moutsos is director of Dining Services at Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads. He has worked at Goodwin House for three years and was instrumental in rolling out the program at Goodwin House. He spoke to Compost Crew about his experience. Did you have any experience with composting before Goodwin House? I did. I worked at the Department of the Treasury…
by Sarah Cedro, Residential Composting Analyst Compost Crew is a small company, but our mission is big. Our goal is to eliminate food waste from landfills, so there’s no time to rest. We are continuously expanding, making it easier for people throughout the DMV to compost their organic waste. We’re excited to announce that Compost Crew has begun serving homes…
by Dan Israel, Head of Marketing The health of the world’s soil is in decline. By some estimates, if people continue on our current pace, we will deplete all of the Earth’s topsoil in around 60 years. The United States is losing soil ten times faster than its natural replenishment rate. Without topsoil, we can’t grow food. It’s a critical…
by Ben Parry, CEO The Greater Washington D.C. region produces approximately 700,000 tons of food waste annually – more than the weight of every Boeing 747 ever built. Only a fraction of that gets composted or recycled in any way. The region has few composting facilities that accept food scraps, which over time could limit our ability to divert food…
by Jacquie Anderson, Customer Service Nearly 1,500 Compost Crew customers have now tried out our new customer portal since we introduced it in late July. We’re glad about the self-service capabilities we can now offer, and hope you will be, too! Need more liners for your kitchen caddy or want to skip service while you’ll be away? You can now…
By Ben Parry, CEO In a recent article in The Spinoff, Kate Walmsley, a community composter in New Zealand, wrote an article headlined “Why industrial anaerobic digestion is not the answer to food waste.” In the article, she provides a number of arguments to support her case that composting is a vastly superior solution for disposing of food scraps.…
by Dan Israel, Head of Marketing The City of Falls Church has surpassed 650 homes who are participating in its residential curbside food scrap collection program. This means more than 20% of single family homes in the City are participating. Originally started in 2017 with roughly 300 households, the program has grown steadily to become the largest curbside collection program…
by Dan Israel, Head of Marketing Did you ever want to do more to help the environment, but weren’t sure where to start? If you’re reading this blog, hopefully you’re already composting with us, which is a great first step. Maybe you donate money to environmental causes ‒ also important. What if you could take some easy steps to do…
by Jacquie Anderson, Customer Service and Office Manager We all have weeks when we wonder “What in the world did we eat this week that my compost bin is overflowing??” Have you ever found yourself in this predicament? Having additional food scraps periodically is par for the course. Sometimes we have family or friends over to share a meal. These…