Help reduce what goes to the landfill!
Why compost?
Fewer food scraps sitting in the landfill means that less methane gas is created and precious space is not being used for food waste. Composting also gives the vitamins and minerals of food scraps back to the Earth to create healthy soil. Using this rich soil reduces the need for water, fertilizer, and pesticides ... and it's amazing in your flower beds and gardens!
How to compost
You can either compost your kitchen scraps yourself in your yard (more about that here), or use a composting service like Collective Resource Compost. This super affordable, convenient service is available in Park Ridge and makes it so easy to be a part of solving our landfill overuse issues!
Here's how it works
Collective Resource Compost provides your family with a 5-gallon bucket and then, depending on the number of people in your household, they pick up the food scraps weekly or biweekly and take them to a commercial compost site. They then leave a clean bucket for you to continue your compostables collection for the next pickup.
Fewer food scraps sitting in the landfill means that less methane gas is created and precious space is not being used for food waste. Composting also gives the vitamins and minerals of food scraps back to the Earth to create healthy soil. Using this rich soil reduces the need for water, fertilizer, and pesticides ... and it's amazing in your flower beds and gardens!
How to compost
You can either compost your kitchen scraps yourself in your yard (more about that here), or use a composting service like Collective Resource Compost. This super affordable, convenient service is available in Park Ridge and makes it so easy to be a part of solving our landfill overuse issues!
Here's how it works
Collective Resource Compost provides your family with a 5-gallon bucket and then, depending on the number of people in your household, they pick up the food scraps weekly or biweekly and take them to a commercial compost site. They then leave a clean bucket for you to continue your compostables collection for the next pickup.
Or share a compost tote with your neighbors
Collective Resource Compost offers Neighbor Totes that makes composting service even more affordable.
Neighbor Totes work the same way as the residential compost bucket swap, only in this case you share a bigger container with your neighbors or community. We're better together!
Here's how Neighbor Totes work:
Collective Resource Compost offers Neighbor Totes that makes composting service even more affordable.
Neighbor Totes work the same way as the residential compost bucket swap, only in this case you share a bigger container with your neighbors or community. We're better together!
Here's how Neighbor Totes work:
- Identify who’ll be hosting the tote.
- Choose a location for the tote in a place that is not accessible to the public but can be accessed by neighbor participants.
- Collective Resource Compost will provide scheduled swap outs and replace the full tote with a clean, bagged tote every time.
- Each 32-gallon tote swap out is $24. The tote accommodates food scraps for 24 people in a week.
BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION!
Learn more about this amazing Go Green Park Ridge partner and sign up for composting service today!
