Each month, we will highlight community heroes that are making a difference in their communities and working to make their local environments cleaner and healthier.
This month, we are taking a look at Compost Crew in MD!
Compost Crew is a composting service that collects food scraps each week for thousands of customers throughout the greater Washington area with their convenient curbside service. Biobag Associate spoke to Dan Israel with Compost Crew about the organization. Their interview is transcribed below.
What led you to start your composting operation?
Compost Crew is a locally-owned food scrap recycling business that offers clean and convenient composting services to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Compost Crew envisions a world where food is not wasted, but instead reused and recycled to rejuvenate our natural resources, enabling Earth to support all lives that rely on it. CompostCrew, was founded with the objective of rescuing unwanted food scraps from the landfill, helping to retain valuable nutrients by converting the food scraps into a rich soil amendment – compost.
Who do you serve and how can people get in touch with you if they want to start composting?
Compost Crew can help achieve these goals and more! Reach out to them at: compostcrew.com. CompostCrew is located in Rockville, Maryland, and provides composting services to thousands of residences, businesses, and events throughout DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
How much organic material do you typically take in on a weekly basis?
We love Compost Crew because of its company values, which include constantly innovating to serve better the zero waste goals of local clients and communities. They’ve already composted tens of millions of pounds of organic material in their pursuit of a healthier and more sustainable lifestyle!
Feel free to add any additional information about your operation as you see fit.
CompostCrew on being named the Best Composting Services of 2021 by @TreeHugger: https://bit.ly/2TWSpbi
