B.A.D. COMPOSTING
OUR SERVICES
collecting waste, giving life
RESIDENTIAL PICK-UP
building compost from your waste
For your monthly fee, we'll provide you with a 5-gallon bucket for your food scraps and other compostable raw materials. You fill it up, we pick it up twice a month, right from your door.
To go to our sign-up sheet, click here.
Click here for a guide to what goes in the bin.
COMPOST PROVISIONING
add life to your garden
With your monthly fee and food scrap collection, you are also given the opportunity to request compost for your garden! We turn your waste into rich soil that supports life, and give it right back to you.
BUSINESS COMPOST PICK-UP
give back to our community
We service restaurants and commercial kitchens in Boone, NC. We will coordinate to meet your needs, including pick-up frequency and number of receptacles. Composting food scraps can save you money on trash pickup.
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We are also seeking partners to source 5-gallon buckets, used coffee grounds, and sawdust.
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LEAF and OTHER SEASONAL PICK-UPS
you rake, we take
We love fall leaves for compost! When you rake and bag your leaves, give us a call and we will take them off your hands.
The Foodhub
We now offer buckets, to those out of our service area or who may need to control their own frequency of pickup, on the High Country Foodhub. If that works better for you click here to go to the Foodhub's website and search for us!
BECOME A MEMBER OWNER
Join the co-op and enjoy the benefits of cooperative voting rights, access to more services like compost provisioning and garden establishment, and being a part of a local food autonomy movement.
OUR AREA OF SERVICE
PAYMENT FOR SERVICES
We want composting to be accessible to all, and therefore operate on a sliding scale. Our recommended fee for monthly compost pick-up is $15 we have a $10 option for those on a tighter budget and a $20 option for those looking to cover some of the cost of the discounted amounts. We offer other services on a quote-by-case basis. You can go to the "Sign Up" tab and select whatever option is best for your wallet.