Critical to this effort is building healthier soils and reconnecting people to the land. This process begins with keeping organic material, such as food waste and other compostable materials, out of landfills and returning them to the land as Food for Soil™, or utilizing them to produce bio-based renewable energy and other cost-effective alternatives to fossil chemicals. In this spirit we have created living soil products from renewable sources, such as compost, that create an environment where beneficial microorganisms and soil microbes can thrive to promote a complete “Soil Food Web” to ensure healthy soils, healthy plants, and healthy communities.

Waste Farmers’ Food for Soil™ products are built around earthworm castings, compost, biochar, coco coir and other renewable biomass as ecologically sound replacements for peat and other unsustainable raw materials. Locally sourced inputs from recycled feedstock are not only rich in the nutrients and structure required for healthy roots, soils, plants, and yields, but are also more environmentally sensitive and economically competitive, a win-win for all involved.

Read more about our organic compost products here.

Organic materials — yard trimmings, food scraps, wood waste, paper and paperboard products — are the largest component of our trash and make up about two-thirds of the material we send to landfills.

• In 2005 the U.S. sent 25 million tons of food waste to landfills. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) impact of composting this waste is the equivalent of removing 7.8 million passenger cars from the road.
• Every year the average American throws away about 1,400 pounds of organic material that can be composted.
• 26% of edible food is wasted at the consumer level.
• Americans throw away 43,000 tons of food each day.
• Landfills, and the organic material in them, contribute approximately 34% of all man- made methane released to the atmosphere in the US.

It’s easy to participate. Our Composting Program uses a secure, contained storage approach. We provide leak-proof, covered containers and free training for your employees. We’ll work with you to develop a pick-up schedule that minimizes the amount of time that organic material is stored at your location.

What we compost:

• All food scraps. Kitchen trimmings, plate scrapings, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, meat, bones, fish, dairy products and baked goods.
• Food-soiled paper. Paper cups and plates, placemats, milk cartons, waxed cardboard food and beverage boxes and saw dust.
• Plants. Yard trimmings and floral clippings.

What is NOT compostable:

• Glass, plastic, styrofoam, metal, liquids, grease and other non-biodegradable items.