Now that it’s almost Halloween, our Compost Crew team is gearing up for a few weeks of heavy compost buckets full of pumpkin scraps! If you’re planning on carving a pumpkin or making a fresh pumpkin pie this season, don’t let the pumpkin go to waste when you’re done with it. In the United States alone, more than one billion…
By: Kristie Blumer, Organic Solutions Sr. Manager It’s undeniable: the use of kitchen caddies and kitchen caddy liners has helped so many families give food scrap recycling a try for the first time. For that reason alone, they definitely deserve a place in the community composting sphere. The real question, however, is whether or not liners really make a substantial…
By: Ben Parry, CEO Food waste collection is not an easy business, and it’s even tougher amidst a pandemic, tight labor market, and a shaky supply chain. The economic disruptions during the past couple years, from COVID to the Suez Canal debacle, ripple through businesses in ways you may not expect. Certainly COVID has impacted our business in a number…
Edited by: Sarah Cedro, Residential Composting Analyst Compost Crew’s community programs offer discounted rates when groups of residents within a designated area sign up for our service. In today’s spotlight we sat down with Shoshana Sommer, an Eckington resident. Since Shoshana became a community champion in March, she’s helped to get many of her neighbors composting, which has meant lower…
By: Thomas Fazio, Organics Solutions Manager If you’re composting with Compost Crew, you know your food scraps are being collected and transformed into nutrient-rich soil amendment. But where does that process take place? In years past, Compost Crew brought 100% of our residential customers’ food scraps to commercial facilities in the DMV. Many of our routes continue to go to…
By: Sara Mack; Marketing Manager Last week, we launched our new food scrap drop-off subscription. Like our residential curbside pick-up service, this option is designed for local residents interested in diverting their food waste from landfills. This being said, the drop-off option is intended to make composting more affordable in order to increase access to composting in the DMV area.…
By: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager As we wrap up our Fall Compost Back program, we know that heading into September many of our subscribers may be spending less time preparing your vegetable garden than you do during our Spring rotation. Even without a garden, though, there are still plenty of ways to get the most out of your finished compost…
By: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager We’ve all heard the analogy about how even a small pebble can make big ripples when tossed into water. Even the smallest action has the power to ignite a big change, and this is especially true when it comes to sustainability. The ripple that comes from even just one step toward sustainability can become a…
By Sara Mack, Marketing Manager Watermelon season is in full swing! If you’ve already eaten your first fresh melon of the season, you know that the rinds have the pesky tendency to take up quite a bit of your compost bucket. Obviously keeping any food scraps out of the landfill is a success in our book, but it can be…
By: Rita Bernert, Senior Sales Representative Just like residences, businesses generate a lot of organic waste (actually, even more!). During my time working in the waste industry over the past 8 years, I’ve realized many business owners do not fully consider their options for waste removal, especially when landfilling their waste is the option they are most familiar with. Even…