The average US household wastes about $2000/year on discarded food. Wasted food waste makes up a quarter of our trash. Separating it for composting reduces trash tonnage and cost, returns valuable material to the soil to grow food, and de-odorizes your trash. If you have your trash picked up, you could switch to biweekly trash collection!
The setup fee for animal-resistant locking curbside collection container and one roll of 15 compostable liners: $36
Density Discount: A 15% price reduction will occur once a certain number of households in each town subscribe to the service. For your town’s threshold See the “tier 1” column in this document.
BEC also picks up Electronics, Textiles, Plastic Film, Donations and more for recycling from subscribers.
Backyard composting can also put about half a ton/year of food and other organic waste to good use. It sequesters carbon and transforms your leftover plant-based foods, paper towels, leaves and yard waste into nutritious soil. Your trash will be sweeter smelling, and you will have your own rich fertilizer for your lawn, garden and houseplants.
See our Compost Page for more composting information
