We were recently informed by Soilutions, the commercial compost facility that processes all the food waste we collect, that they are no longer accepting certified compostable plastics. Our understanding is that these items, particularly the bags and cups, have not been breaking down sufficiently, and their staff are wasting a lot of time picking them … Read more
Hi composters! We’re excited to announce that we will soon be replacing a bunch of the software we use with a single integrated platform! StopSuite is an all-in-one platform designed specifically for community compost companies like ours. It’ll replace our current routing, billing, and reminder email systems, and will greatly improve our ability to respond … Read more
Update, Dec 22: The new drop-off station is built, and our smart lock arrived last night, so we just need to get that installed and then we can open it up for business! For the past two years, our drop-off program has been confined to a 2 hour window on Saturday mornings, during which our … Read more
Every year, squeezed between the chaotic overconsumption of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, comes a more conscious shopping day: Small Business Saturday. Never has this day been more important than in 2020, when the pandemic has wreaked havoc on so many small businesses. We’ve been very fortunate to be able to continue operating at full … Read more
Every year, nearly two billion pounds of pumpkins are grown in the United States, and roughly two thirds of them go straight to the landfill after Halloween. The resulting landfill gas emissions are comparable to putting an extra 25,000 cars on the road for a year! Please don’t let your pumpkins be a part of … Read more
As the weather warms, we’re starting to get questions about small larvae crawling around inside your Little Green Buckets. Based on last summer, we estimate that 5-10% of buckets will have this “problem” during the warm summer months. Jump to the tips. What are they? More often than not, they are Black Soldier Fly (BSF) … Read more
Today’s post arises from a question I saw in a Facebook group awhile back: Question: I’m locked in a dispute with my son over best composition of our compost heap. He says 20:1 carbon over nitrogen. I’d always heard: 4:1. Who’s right? Or are we both wrong? For the backyard composter, input ratios are exceptionally … Read more
Yesterday we posted an in-depth explainer to help our readers understand the differences between soil, mulch, compost, and dirt. It’s International Compost Awareness Week, so we should really be turning our full attention to composting now. But mulching is so important to our arid high desert climate that I decided to linger on it for … Read more
Last week I surveyed our followers on Instagram to see what I should focus on during International Compost Awareness Week. One of the results that jumped out at me was this one: If 43 percent of our audience needs help with basic terminology, that seems like an obvious starting point for building compost awareness. Don’t … Read more
Today marks the beginning of International Compost Awareness Week. Last year, we celebrated this special week with a compost giveaway at the Downtown Growers Market. Our plans to do the same this year have, of course, been disrupted by Covid-19 and the severe restrictions that have been placed on our local farmers markets. Instead, we’ll … Read more