by Mallory Huggins, Ward 4 resident Every Tuesday night, my housemate Casey and I hop in her car, Lil Peanut, and drive north from West Petworth to 8th and Jefferson NW. We gather at Brightwood Park United Methodist Church with our masked, gloved, and socially distant neighbors— some of the few people we regularly see in person—and pack groceries, cleaning…
by Ben Parry, CEO Compost Crew employs 21 people, 60% of whom are black. 80% of our drivers – the heart and soul of our food scrap collection operation – are black. In normal times I would not find it important to report these numbers. I mention it now because I want to raise a few topics, in light…
by Dan Israel, Head of Marketing Compost Crew has grown a lot as a company over the past year. We’re now on the road seven days a week, with seven trucks serving our nearly 5,000 customers in the DMV region from Baltimore to Woodbridge, Va. and from Reston, Va. to Bowie, Md. ‒ and everywhere in between. We have a…