Community Composting Initiatives

Many cities, universities and workplaces have composting facilities in place to reduce the amount of organics sent to the landfill. If you do not have a commercial composting option available, look to

Community Composting Initiatives by State:

 

Alabama

• University of South Alabama Food Recycling Program (Mobile)

Alaska

• Municipality of Alaska Program (Anchorage)

Arizona

• Roots Composting (Flagstaff)
• Recycled City (Phoenix)

Arkansas

• The Urban Food Loop (Little Rock)

California

• LA Compost (Los Angeles)
• Closing the Loop (San Diego)
• Food2Soil Compost Collective (San Diego)
• Santa Cruz Community Compost Co. (Santa Cruz)

Colorado

• Colorado Community Compost (Colorado Springs)
• Denver Compost Collective (Denver)

Connecticut

• Blue Earth Compost (Hartford)
• Curbside Composting (Multiple Cities)
• We Compost It! (Multiple Cities)
• Peels and Wheels Compost (New Haven)

Delaware

• N/A

Florida

• Compost Orlando (Orlando)
• Student Compost Cooperative (University of Florida)

Georgia

• Let Us Compost (Athens)
• Compostwheels (Atlanta)

Hawaii

• N/A

Idaho

• N/A

Illinois

• Healthy Soil Compost (Chicago)
• The Urban Canopy Compost Club (Chicago)
• WasteNot Compost (Chicago)

Indiana

• Earth Mama Compost (Indianapolis)
• Green with Indy (Indianapolis)

Iowa

• N/A

Kansas

• Jerusalem Farm (Johnson County)

Kentucky

• Community Composting (University of Louisville)

Louisiana

• Compost NOW (New Orleans)

Maine

• Garbage to Garden (Multiple Cities)
• Mr. Fox Composting (Multiple Cities)

Maryland

• Real Food Farm Compost (Baltimore)
• Whitelock Community Farm (Baltimore)
• The Compost Crew (Multiple Cities)
• Veteran Compost (Multiple Cities)

Massachusetts

• Bootstrap Compost (Boston)
• Project Oscar (Boston)
• Pedal People (Easthampton)
• Black Earth Compost (Multiple Cities)
• Garbage to Garden (Multiple Cities)

Michigan

• Carter’s Compost (Traverse City)

Minnesota

• Wedge Neighborhood Community Composting (Minneapolis)
• Macalester Groveland Organics Recycling (Saint Paul)

Mississippi

• N/A

Missouri

• Compost Collective KC (Kansas City)

Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire

• Mr. Fox Composting (Multiple Cities)

New Jersey

• Community Compost Co. (Multiple Cities)

New Mexico

New York

• The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center (Albany)
• The Compost Collective (Forest Hills)
• Community Compost Co. (Multiple Cities)
• GrowNYC (NYC)
• Lower East Side Ecology Center (NYC)
• Community Composting (Rochester)

North Carolina

• Tilthy Rich Compost (Durham)
• CompostNow (Multiple Cities)

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

• Rogue Produce Community Compost (Rogue Valley)

Pennsylvania

• City Sprouts (Philadelphia)
• Philly Compost (Philadelphia)

Rhode Island

• Harvest Cycle (Providence)
• West Side Compost Program (Providence)

South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee

Texas

• Compost Coalition (Austin)
• Compost Pedallers (Austin)

Utah
Vermont

• Earthgirl Composting (Multiple Cities)
• Grow Compost (Multiple Cities)

Virginia

• Veteran Compost (Multiple Cities)

Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Washington DC

• Compost Cab
• The Compost Crew
• Veteran Compost

 

read: http://ilsr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/growing-local-fertility.pdf