Los Angeles: Give the Gift of… Compost!

In recent years, we’ve been navigating the realities of composting while living in a small space within a major city. (The full blog post about our adventure can be found here.) At the start of the pandemic in this region, we began growing and preparing more food than ever here at the cottage, so we expanded our compost routine to include Compostable LA’s services.

Every week, Compostable drops off a used, clean bakery bucket to live out its new life as a short-term residential compost storage bin. The containers are exchanged weekly, and the food scraps are transported to Compostable’s nonprofit partner, LA Compost. Compost is then used in members’ gardens and sold to urban farmers.

When I first signed up for the service, I realized that looping our neighbor’s cottage into the service would be a great gift for the year. His weekly drop-off/pick up is simply looped in with our service at a small extra fee.

Now, folks in LA can help each other remove unnecessary waste while supporting a small business by gifting a subscription to Compostable LA. Gift cards for the service are available in options ranging from 1 month to a year.

“Landfills continue to be built in disenfranchised communities. Food deserts continue to be prevalent in disenfranchised communities. Climate change continues to be felt the most in disenfranchised communities. Taking ‘sustainable action’ means taking action to create a greener, cleaner world for everyone. Reducing food waste and regenerating soil are two of the best ways to help reverse climate change. Composting does both.” - Compostable LA