Community Composting brings neighbours together to tackle food waste through collective action, making professional composting services accessible and affordable for everyone involved.
Food waste is the largest category of material in municipal landfills, where it creates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Individual home composting can't handle meat, cheese, bones, or biodegradable packaging, but community-scale collection provides enough volume for professional composting companies to process all organic waste effectively.
This initiative works for any community group—churches, schools, neighbourhood associations, workplaces, or community gardens. By pooling resources, you can employ a local composting company to collect from a centralised location, providing bins and regular pickups that handle all food waste and compostable materials.
The finished compost often returns to local farmers, creating higher-yield crops and reducing chemical fertiliser needs. If your group runs a community garden, you can use the compost directly to fertilise your soil. You'll receive starter kits, clear guidelines on what can be composted, and regular impact reports showing the weight of waste diverted and carbon emissions prevented.
