Today’s communication is about a change in the items we can accept for composting beginning May 15, 2023. We haul it to a transfer station, and from there, it is hauled to a commercial composting facility. We do not own the transfer station nor the commercial composting facility. Recently the owners of the transfer station […]
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We’re offering free finished compost as a gift to our loyal customers! Collective Resource Compost customers can claim up to 10 gallons of finished compost as our gift to you. You can also purchase additional compost for $5/5 gallons (cash or check only). We’re able to do this, with the help of The Talking Farm, […]
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We’ve been involved with a coalition that used to be called Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC) and just recently added Composting to its name to become Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition (IFSCC). It was always about composting, and now the name reflects it. Back in 2012, our founder Erlene Howard was invited to participate […]
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We’re delighted to announce that we have reached another diversion milestone: 10,000 tons! That’s a whole lot of carrot tops, pizza boxes, eggshells, chicken bones, Chinet plates, etcetera, etcetera. We’ve gone from 4 digits to 5 and added a comma! In the first six months that founder/owner Erlene Howard was hauling buckets of food scraps […]
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It’s the third year we’re holding a restaurant raffle to support our composting community. Winters are historically slower times for restaurants and cafes. We’re sponsoring a raffle for you to win a gift card from any of the food-related businesses listed below. Restaurant raffle rules The raffle begins now through March 15th. Show us receipts […]
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