Insights, updates, and announcements
Greener Living Inspirations
Here We Grow Again: Expanded Composting Options
We’re delighted to announce that beginning November 1st, we’ll be hauling all of your food scraps to The Green Era Campus. There is so much good news about this change, but let’s start with this: Anything that is certified compostable, whether it is CMA or BPI, is accepted at this facility. If compostable is written on it, we can collect it.
Why We Need You to Become an Owner
We’ve adopted bylaws, elected officers and authorized the issuance of common stock. Now our work begins to explain to the community why Collective Resource Compost Cooperative needs more owners. The more consumer-owners there are, the better it is. The money you pay for your composting service helps mitigate climate change and supports a values-driven, democratic business model that addresses inequality, keeps wealth in the local economy and builds community around sustainability.
Composting at Condo, Co-op and Apartment Buildings
Many of you originally learned about our service when we were out tabling somewhere, like an eco-fair or farmers market, so you know that one of the first questions we ask is, “What kind of building do you live in? Single-family home? Multi-unit building?” And without fail, the people who live in apartment or condo/co-op buildings answer in a really dejected tone as though there’s no hope for them to ever be able to compost. I’m here to tell you that there is hope, people! In fact, our founder Erlene Howard created this service because she lived in a condo building and wanted to be able to divert her food scraps.