Compost Cab

Community Composting Made Easy Since 2010!

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

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[Mayor Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser]

Our community has composted 11M+ lbs of food waste since 2017.

The environmental equivalent of planting and growing 35,000 trees for 10 years.

While we're on the subject—we're also planting thousands of trees every year.

Very proud of our green, clean, beautiful DC.

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Proud to support this work from Day One. Excited to add 20 new smartbins to @dczerowaste’s program later this year. That’ll bring the total to 51! Let’s keep going, #DC — at around 200 smartbins we can have one within an easy walk for every District resident.

[Mayor Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser]

LIVE: Mayor Bowser Announces Expansion of Citywide Composting Initiatives https://t.co/iwlPG2xLTk

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Successful, scalable zero-waste policy requires carrots, sticks. https://t.co/K2z9fRrEFW. #compost

[Amanda Michelle Gomez @amanduhgomez]

Update: Department of Public Works says Office of Contracts is still contracting w the dump truck company District Logistics on "emergency" to manage farmers market compost. Move comes after contract appeals board said it should terminate its contract with District Logistics.

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Thx for amplifying.

[FRESHFARM @FRESHFARMDC]

Fishy, indeed!
Since 2011 FRESHFARM has worked w/ @compostcab to grow community composting, pioneering a market drop-off model later expanded by The District. But Compost Cab is no longer running the program. Read this @WAMU story for inside scoop! https://t.co/5OyzS950qv

[FRESHFARM @FRESHFARMDC]

@theHillisHome @CompostCab Thank you for amplifying. We’ve worked w @CompostCab for 13 years and have been an invaluable partner.

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Thx for your take on this, @rosenamy. Probably won’t surprise you to know that we still have not heard anything on next steps from @DCOCP. Crickets. Meanwhile, #compost dropoff continues with the vendor that the CAB specifically instructed OCP to terminate. Sigh. SMH.

[Sam Rosen-Amy @rosenamy]

What a story from @amanduhgomez, and I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. A local compost company lost a contract with DC, to a company with no history in composting. The DC Contract Appeals Board's recent decision overturning the contract is wild. Here's some excerpts:

[The Hill is Home @theHillisHome]

Must-read story, and this is a particularly troubling part of it.

[Brandon Partridge @BranPart]

I've been an admirer (and customer) of @CompostCab for several years now, so I hope @MayorBowser, @DCOCP, and @DCDPW will commit to working with a qualified, committed partner to help meet #DC's ambitious goal for waste diversion. #foodwaste #compost
https://t.co/C908Cd2zuy

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

ICYMI. When the procurement process fails #SmallBusiness loses. So does the #environment. So does the #community. @MayorBowser @BrianneKNadeau @dcocp @DCDPW

[Amanda Michelle Gomez @amanduhgomez]

A dump truck company is now managing DC's compost program at farmers markets, after the gov cut ties w Compost Cab

The decision is puzzling: Compost Cab conceived of the program years ago, & has diverted more than 4.4 million pounds of waste from landfill
https://t.co/8VWwZv1TxI

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Pls take 4 min to listen @wamu885's @amanduhgomez. For the a year we've been quietly fighting a battle for the soul of #DC's beloved food scrap dropoff program. It's about a lot more than #compost. H/T @JacobFenston @FRESHFARMDC https://t.co/SaOQKUvioh

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Tune into @wamu885 at 744pm to hear @amanduhgomez’s report on our fight for the soul of DC’s Food Waste Dropoff Program. H/T @JacobFenston @FRESHFARMDC

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Nice one, @NYTGames!

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Kicking off Pumpkins for the People 2023 and talking zero-waste #Halloween live in air with @gwenfox5dc this afternoon at 345pm, 435pm and 547pm. Cheer us on or just say hi in front of @EachPeachDC! #pumpkinsforthepeople

[ZeroWasteDC @dczerowaste]

UPDATE: Due to expected inclement weather, Food Waste Drop Offs at the SW Farmers Market and the First Baptist Church of Deanwood will be closed September 23.

For other sites, please check the host farmers market’s website for hours and operating information.

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Please, somebody great — come be the boss of us!

[ZeroWasteDC @dczerowaste]

Passionate about waste diversion? Experience implementing zero waste strategies? Want to work with a great team?

Apply today for the Office of Waste Diversion Program Manager position! Closes Saturday, July 1.
https://t.co/j8lLIyYbbj

#DCisHiring

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Excited to open for the season at @FRESHFARMDC #FoggyBottom, thanks to our friends @SmallBizDC and the Food Waste Innovation Grant. Come say hi, drop your scraps, and help us help local businesses save money and waste less! #fwig #compost #dcpride

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

It’s funny cause it’s true. https://t.co/2en7JB72MJ @thecherryswamp @dczerowaste @SierraDC @ZeroWasteDCSC @CharDreizen @FRESHFARMDC @slowfooddc #compost #compostlove

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Preach. We’re here to help folks!

[Charlotte Dreizen @CharDreizen]

In order to compost, all compostable items need to actually get to a composter that can process that material

[Compost Cab @CompostCab]

Attention #farmersmarket lovers: We’re hiring P/T drivers and table team to support our growing network of FREE #compost dropoff locations. Make sustainability happen for thousands of your friends and neighbors every weekend! Email team@compostcab. @FRESHFARMDC