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