By: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager Now that we’re well into April, Earth Day is right around the corner! Even though here at Compost Crew we celebrate Earth Day every day by working towards sustainability as our core mission, we won’t pass up an opportunity to talk about why the environment is worth protecting and how composting can be an effective…
Edited by: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager This week we’ve been celebrating our 10 year anniversary, and we’re closing out the week with one last customer feature! If you missed the first two interviews in this series, we have been highlighting some of our most loyal subscribers who have been composting with us since 2011. You can find our conversation with…
Edited by: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager As you likely have noticed, this week we’re celebrating our 10 year anniversary! To mark this milestone, we wanted to highlight some of our most loyal subscribers who have been composting with us since 2011. If you missed our first post in this series, you can read our conversation with Wendy at this link!…
Edited by: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager It’s our birthday! As of April 6th, Compost Crew has been fighting food waste in the DMV for 10 whole years. To mark this milestone, we wanted to highlight some of our most loyal subscribers who have been . For our first post in this series we chatted with Wendy about her experience composting…
By: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager We love to talk about our finished compost product, a.k.a. “black gold” all year round. Now that we’re returning the latest batches of compost to our customers, we wanted to dive into our favorite ways to maximize its benefits, particularly for those of you who have signed up with Compost Crew over the past year.…
By Sara Mack, Marketing Manager Garbage disposals are widely used across the United States, and can be found in over 50% of homes. The reality of the situation is that more people have access to a garbage disposal system than have a way to compost their food scraps. Because of this, in-sink disposal systems are a common way to dispose…
By: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager One of the most common questions we get from people considering a composting service or hearing about Compost Crew for the first time is whether collecting food scraps will attract pests to your bucket. Luckily, we can confidently say that this negative perception of composting is a misconception. The process of separating out food scraps…
By: Sara Mack, Marketing Manager For many, the decision to compost is an individual act designed to decrease one’s carbon footprint. Although individual actions are incredibly important when it comes to banding together to reduce the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change, Courthouse Plaza resident Marissa O’Neill sought an even bigger positive impact when she began her mission to…
By Ben Parry, CEO As 2021 gathers steam, Compost Crew has rolled out some ambitious growth plans for our team. We are excited to build on our momentum from 2020, when we posted our best year ever, despite the headwinds caused by COVID-19. Read on for a preview of a few of the things that 2021 holds for our company.…
by Sara Mack, Marketing Manager You may be familiar with the expression, “my eyes were bigger than my stomach” when it comes to taking more food than you’re able to eat during a meal. Although adding too much food to your plate during dinner is relatively harmless, the grocery store equivalent to this type of over consumption is more damaging.…