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 […]
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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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Discount for First Year of Door-to-Door Service Skokie residents, who are new Collective Resource Compost customers, can enjoy a 15% discount for paying annually for the first year of our container-swap composting service. 5-gallon Bucket 32-gallon Neighbor Tote Collective Resource Compost has been servicing Skokie residents since 2012, most of whom are still using our […]
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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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Before the sun rises on this brand-new year, we’re pausing to look at a few causes for celebration from this past year: We reached our 12th birthday and our 9000-tons-diverted-from-the-landfill-since-we-started milestone in June. We are routinely diverting 40 tons every week. We entered into a franchise agreement with the city of Park Ridge and expect […]
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