Composting Pilot

We received 50 volunteers to participate in our new Composting Pilot Program. Participants were provided with a bucket in which they can dispose of fruit/vegetable waste, yard debris, and other compostable items. These buckets will be collected at curbside every other week and brought to a composting site. This pilot program will be at no cost to Borough residents for one year.

Among other things, it is our hope that this pilot program will help lessen our carbon footprint, reduce air/stream pollution, and curtail future garbage collection costs. In addition to these benefits, participants will also be entitled to receive free compost for their yards and gardens.

With it almost being a year since this program started, we wanted to share some information Back To Earth Composting provided us from the collection of compost with our 50 residents:

A total of 13,349 lbs diverted!

This is the total weight we have collected from you so far.

88 seedlings planted!

Composting has a huge impact on the environment. From a greenhouse gas equivalency standpoint your composting efforts are equivalent to 88 urban trees seedlings grown for 10 years.

13,242 miles offset!

Your composting efforts are equivalent to not driving 13,242 miles. Whoa.

600 gallons of gas!

The number of gallons of gasoline offset by diverting food scraps from the landfill

648,748 smartphones charged!

The number of smartphones that haven't spent time charging.

5,900 pounds of coal burned.

You've avoided burning 5,900 pounds of coal. Congrats!

Any questions about our program, please visit backtoearthcompost.com