Spring is upon us, and we will start delivery finished compost in April! The organic compost we make with our partner farms is a valuable resource for any gardener, providing a rich source of nutrients and organic matter that can improve soil structure and fertility. If you live within our service area in Philadelphia, you can purchase a 5 gallon bag of our locally made compost using this link for $10, including delivery. Or, even better, sign up for a free trial of our food scraps composting service, then request 1 – 2 bags of compost for free with your subscription :). Here are three simple ..read more

Happy to be quoted here on WHYY about Philadephia’s forthcoming Community Composting Network, for which we were contracted to write the manual’s text! After a pandemic delay, Philly is finally opening 12 community composting sites The post Article on WHYY about Philly’s forthcoming Community Composting Network first appeared on Circle Compost | Food Scraps, Leaf Pickup, Composting in Philadelphia ..read more

Insulating the water heater part 2. Holey socks were filling up my drawer because I felt bad discarding them when I knew they could be repurposed. One day it hit me to use them to further insulate my water heater. As discussed in a previous post, I’ve insulated much of the piping from the tank with foam but there remained angles that I couldn’t cover. Finally, a use for those worn out socks. I simply wrapped them around the exposed spots and incorporated shreds of insulation from an insulation bag that probably came from a food delivery. To keep everything in place, I tied the socks to themse ..read more

In April of this year, we partnered with two of our host farms to start selling finished compost in 5 gallon bags. They are available to everyone, whether you’re one of our food scrap composting customers or not (food scrap composting customers get 1 or 2 bags for free, per year, and a discount on additional bags!). We deliver finished compost to your door in sturdy polypropylene bags. If you are one of our food scrap composting customers, we can take the empty bags back from you at a later date when we come to empty your bucket. For those who do not do your composting of food scraps with us ..read more

Thanks to Beccah Hendrickson for interviewing our co-founder, Michele, last week about our Xmas tree recycling program in Philadelphia! Here’s the 1 minute, 51 second piece ..read more

Thanks to Charlotte Reese and KYW for reaching out to us about our Christmas Tree recycling program! Here’s a link to the audio; the report on Xmas tree recycling in Philadelphia starts at the 3 minute, 43 second mark: https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/recycling-is-an-option-for-christmas-trees ..read more

We are a little late posting this article here! Thanks to Katherine Rapin and Philadelphia Citizen for the shout out in this article about the Philly’s new Community Composting Network: https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/foodizen-composting-in-the-city ..read more

When we started Circle Compost in 2016, we never expected that bucket theft would be such a big problem. Now that we’ve been in business for 3+ years, we’ve become sadly accustomed to, in fact, expectant of, at least a few buckets being stolen every single week. So when Amanda Hoover, who we knew had two of our buckets stolen from her very quickly when she attempted to use our composting service, reached out about writing an article for Billy Penn on the subject of compost bucket theft, we were happy for her to shed some light on the topic. Here’s the article, and we hope it will lead t ..read more

Thanks to Grid Magazine and Claire Marie Porter for this awesome article about women in the composting industry, specifically in the Philadelphia area! “Composting is a kind of gateway drug” – we love this quote from our co-founder, Michele, that kicks off the article. Read it in its entirety at the following link! https://www.gridphilly.com/grid-magazine/2019/10/29/women-entrepreneurs-enter-the-male-dominated-world-of-waste-management ..read more

We were shocked and very upset to read recent news about high levels of PFAS chemicals in bagasse (sugarcane) based packaging products. Per the following link, BPI is aware of this issue and working to resolve it with manufacturers of these packaging products: https://bpiworld.org/BPI-Blog.html/6650181. The issue has created a nightmare for restaurants like Chipotle and sweetgreen, who are truly innocent in these matters as they absolutely were under the assumption that these materials were 100% compostable. Until we are confident that changes have been made to these products such tha ..read more