composting 101
Methods
Find a livestock farm where you can drop off food waste and use it to feed the animals.
Get a compost tumbler for your backyard.
Feed food waste to your worms and use the castings as fertilizer for your garden
Build a compost bay out of reclaimed wood or pallets. Add as many bays as you want for unlimited capacity!
Get your compost picked up by a local service.
Find a drop off location where you can drop off your food waste.
Build or buy an aerated static pile. More costly, but requires less pitchfork turning.
See if your local DPW will take your food waste, and if not, advocate for it with your town's environmental commission, council, DPW, or reach out to the NJCC.
Composting is environmental stewardship
Wasted Produce Guilt: No More!
We’ve all been there: You ambitiously buy too much produce and commit to your meal plan. But we all get busy sometimes and end up with moldy produce rotting in the fridge. With composting, you can eliminate this waste and the guilt that comes with it.
healthy soils
Growing food removes valuable nutrients from the soil. Composting returns those nutrients and living microorganisms back to the soil, thus completing the cycle. This living biology is what sequesters carbon and promotes plant health.
Clean Air
Food that decomposes in a landfill releases methane gas, a greenhouse gas 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year lifespan. Plus, saving food from ever making it to the landfill reduces the need for more and larger landfills.