Reducing landfill waste

User: rcobleigh@gmail.com

Vendor: Black Earth Compost

Action: 3551 - Compost at Home or with Black Earth

We signed up for Black Earth Compost as soon as the company offered curbside pickup service in Ashland, and we've been very happy with the service. We keep the compost bin in our kitchen for easy access. The bin's lid seals well, so we don't have to worry about smells escaping. The bin's lid is also easy to open with just the back of one hand, which is especially helpful when we've got our hands full of food waste from our cooking and kitchen cleaning adventures. :-)

The liner bags are sturdy, and haven't broken. The bin is sturdy and well made. We put the compost out once a week, and we can lock the lid to keep animals out of the compost. Black Earth always sends reminders and communicates promptly about any pickup delays, and they've never missed a pickup. In addition, it's easy to buy more liner bags online when we need them, and Black Earth just puts the new rolls of bags in our bin after they've emptied it. We've been using this Black Earth Compost service for nearly 3 years, and we highly recommend it! It's a great way to divert a lot of our normal household waste away from a landfill and towards being reused. As a result, we need fewer trash bags.

One of our neighbors noticed our compost bin, asked about it, and has also signed up for Black Earth's service. She's been happy with the service, too. Since she has a smaller household, it means that she doesn't have to put out the regular trash every week anymore. She can put it out every other week, which saves her a lot of money on trash bags.

And we keep an eye out for each other. More often than not, our neighbor very kindly brings our emptied compost bin back to our house when she brings hers back home, too, so our compost bins have become an opportunity to connect with our neighbor more, in addition to being better for our environment! :-)