NE Community Composting Cooperative

This co-op will be neighborhood residents who learn about industrial composting, compost at home, and deliver their compost to a drop-off site in the neighborhood. The City of Minneapolis solid waste department will pick up the compost.

 

Needed to start this Co-op:

  • Cost to site and pick up 3 65-gallon composting carts

  • Number of households needed to make pick-up cost effective

  • Equity requirements for household

  • Documentation for co-op membership

  • Bank account for equity payments and to pay City hauling fees

  • Training component so all member households correctly compost their waste

  • Security (padlocks) for the composting carts, and record-keeping on access information

 

Benefits the Community:

  • For each 65 gallon composting cart, an estimated 4 tons of food waste will be removed from the waste stream. Assuming 3 carts, this program would reduce food waste into the Hennepin County incinerator of 12 tons per year

  • Serve as pilot for other composting co-ops

  • Increase supply of compost material for agricultural and gardening uses

 

Interested?

Contact Amy 612-843-5401