Composting ensures leftover food scraps and natural materials are broken down into nutritious soil or repurposed rather than ending up in a landfill, which releases methane and other toxic gasses into the atmosphere.
We proudly compost in our kitchens and provide composting bins to discard food scraps to our guests dining at Life Alive. Here are some helpful resources to allow composting to be a part of a closed loop supply chain once you leave our cafes with take-out as well.
Massachusetts Composting Resources:
For curbside compost pickup at your home:
Bootstrap Compost is a premium compost pickup service operating throughout Greater Boston, Rhode Island, Worcester, the Berkshires and Southern New Hampshire.
Save that Stuff provides a comprehensive range of recyclable and compostable collection and processing services.
City of Boston Curbside Food Waste Collection offers a free collection service for residents. Enroll to start composting your food waste. To qualify, you must live in a building with six units or less.
Black Earth Compost is dedicated to collecting food scraps from residents, schools, supermarkets and colleges across eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Locations where you can drop off your compost:
Project Oscar compost bins give communities a place to drop off residential food scraps to be made into compost. There are 15 locations throughout Boston.
Guides for Composting at Home:
A Beginner's Guide to Composting in Boston (BOS Today)
Make Compost at Home (City of Boston)
Composting Can Help Fight Climate Change. Get Started in 5 Easy Steps. (NPR)
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