Established in 2016, we are a woman-owned company born from a desire to prevent food scraps, leaves, and other organic discards from being landfilled. Our goal is to change people’s perception of organic materials that have traditionally been considered trash, and provide people with a simple, localized alternative to throwing these organic materials away. We make as many of our food scrap pickups from Philly residents as possible by bicycle trailer to avoid burning fossil fuels!
We work to complete the “circle of life” for organic materials, turning your waste into compost used by our urban farm partners to grow food. We also offer 5 – 10 gallons of free compost back to our 5 gallon bucket household composting customers annually, and sell 5 gallon bags of compost within our local Philadelphia service area.
In America today, approximately 30 – 40% of landfills are filled with food scraps that could have been turned into compost instead. This landfilled organic material slowly releases methane, a greenhouse gas up to eighty times more harmful to our environment than carbon dioxide.
When we prevent food scraps and other organic discards from being landfilled, not only are we helping to slow down our country’s unsustainable landfill epidemic, we also help farmers, gardeners, and our environment by creating organic compost. Organic compost absorbs CO2 from our atmosphere, helping reverse the effects of climate change, and also makes an incredible soil aid to help farmers and gardeners grow healthier plants.
We donate the majority of the compost we make to our urban farm and garden partners around the city, so when you sign up for our services, you are helping Philly’s urban farmers and gardeners grow healthier crops.
If you are a Philadelphia resident interested in composting, you will likely generate 30 – 40% less trash by using our services. You can feel great about preventing your organic food scraps from going to landfill, while also helping us create organic compost for Philly’s urban farmers and gardeners.
If you run a daycare, school, cafe, restaurant, coffee shop, bakery, or other business with a commercial kitchen, our services could significantly reduce the amount of trash you create. This could lead to an ongoing cost savings for your organization on trash pickup and/or help you avoid costly overage fees if your regular trash containers tend to overflow. We also provide a means for food waste disposal compliance on your Philadelphia Department of Health / Office of Food Protection Food Facility Inspection Report.
If you’re ready to sign up, click here to enter your address and start your 30 day free trial! If you live within or close to the neighborhoods we service, we should be able to work with you. If you have any questions about our services or if you’re not sure whether we can pick up from your location, please get in touch.