Great experience using Black Earth Composting as a renter

User: mc.edith.wa@gmail.com

Vendor: Black Earth Compost

Action: 3551 - Compost at Home or with Black Earth

My partner and I love to cook. We take pride in the fact that making our own meals allows us to reduce the amount of waste we produce. Unfortunately, when we first moved to Ashland, all our food scraps ended up in the trash alongside plastic bags and packaging destined for the landfill. It didn’t feel right that our onion skins, carrot ends, and apple cores were headed towards an environment where they couldn’t break down properly or return their nutrients to the earth. We figured there had to be a better solution, so we googled  “Ashland Massachusetts composting” and found that composting was not only available, but easily accessible and affordable for us, even as renters. 

Black Earth Composting. Those three words and the incredible company they represent reinvigorated the relationship my partner and I have with food and cooking as Ashland residents. For just $70 we got access to six months of weekly, curb-side compost pickup on the same day as our trash goes out. As renters, we are so grateful for how seamless it has been to incorporate this composting service into our lives. We also encouraged neighbors to add their scraps to our compost container because even on our busiest weeks we can’t come up with 7 gallons of food waste. I can’t stress this enough - it’s just so easy! And if that alone doesn’t convince you to sign on, did I mention that your annual subscription comes with a complementary bag of fresh, locally produced compost to use in the spring? There’s something so beautiful about that, and I can’t wait to share this nutrient-filled bounty with my friends and neighbors.