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Author: Erlene Howard

As CRI’s owner, Erlene wears many hats. Though she manages operations, equipment, crews, bookkeeping and marketing, she says she enjoys the education piece the most. “When we started this in 2010, not too many people had been exposed to composting. They didn’t really know what it was. I have had a lot of conversations about what composting is and why it’s important. It’s important to reduce landfill use, because food waste in landfills creates methane and CO2. It’s important for air and water quality. People call us and want this information.” Erlene finds herself educating in many different settings. “Anytime I’m talking about the company, I’m educating about composting. It happens casually, socially, and at zero-waste events.” As a result of her efforts, Erlene was awarded the Walter Lucansky Environmental Stewardship Award.

Wrapping with Care

Posted on December 12, 2018December 22, 2021 by Erlene Howard
Wrapping with Care

How to wrap gifts sustainably? ‘Tis the season to wrap and give gifts. Tubes of holiday wrapping paper are almost always wrapped in film plastic and often the paper itself is foil-stamped, making it not recyclable. Our team at Collective Resource would like to pass on a couple of clever tips from our employees to […]

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Food For Thought

Posted on September 1, 2018March 27, 2019 by Erlene Howard
Food For Thought

Food for Thought is composting with Collective Resource.

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Composting Lincoln Square

Posted on September 1, 2018March 27, 2019 by Erlene Howard

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Composting Andersonville

Posted on September 1, 2018March 27, 2019 by Erlene Howard

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ABOUT COLLECTIVE RESOURCE COMPOST

Collective Resource, Inc. is a woman-owned compost and food scrap pickup service based in Evanston. We collect all food waste and compostable products from homes, businesses, and institutions and take them to a commercial composting site. The food scraps then become ​a nutrient-rich soil amendment instead of sitting in a landfill.

Commercial composting is different from backyard composting, because anything that was once alive (including meat and dairy products) can be composted. In addition to hauling compost, we educate the public about the importance of reducing landfill use.

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CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUBURBS WHERE YOU CAN ORDER COMPOSTING SERVICES

CHICAGO: Bucktown, Edgewater, Humboldt Park, Andersonville, Irving Park, Jefferson Park, Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, Logan Square, Loop, North Park, Pilsen, Portage Park, Rogers Park, South Loop, Uptown, West Loop, Wicker Park.
SUBURBS include Addison, Arlington Heights, Hoffman Estates, Bensenville, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Franklin Park, Glencoe, Evanston, Glenview, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northbrook, Park Ridge, River Grove, Schaumburg, Skokie, Wilmette, Winnetka and more.

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