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 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.…
by Sara Mack, Marketing Manager Looking to reduce your environmental impact in the new year? You’ve come to the right place. The Compost Crew team has brainstormed a few resolutions to get you started on your quest to become the most sustainable version of yourself in 2021. 1. Be creative! Making new art, decor, games, food, etc out of items…
by Sara Mack, Marketing Manager It’s no secret that food waste, and waste in general, increases quite a bit during the holiday season. In a commonly cited statistic originally gathered from the Use Less Stuff (ULS) Report over 20 years ago, Americans produce 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Years Day than they do at any other point during…
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 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 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…
by Thomas Fazio, Organic Solutions Manager Yuck! I recently opened my compost bin to find bugs crawling around the lid of my bin. It was not a pleasant experience. Unfortunately, this time of year maggots show up every now and then. The good news is they are usually a sign of clean compost and are by no means harmful to…