Commercial Services & Products
Carter's Compost offers a commercial pickup service within the City of Traverse City. Collection services are ideal for caterers, restaurants, coffee shops, florists, grocery stores, apartment or condo complexes and businesses offering employee benefits.
Carter's is grounded in its ultimate mission to capture as much food waste as possible, and turn it into nutritious compost for our region's soils.
Be a Carter's Compost Champion and sign up for our pickup service to achieve your business' sustainability goals, as well as help to keep our area green and thriving for years to come.
How it Works
Weekly Pickup Service
Once a week, you will leave your cart out for a Carter's Crewmember to collect the scraps and take it to one of our composting sites for processing.
As low as $10 per pickup per cart
Employee Education
We work together with staff, residents and any composters using the service. We offer ongoing refresher training for new staff or new residents as well. Training can be online, pre-recorded, or on-site!
Cart(s) Provided
You will receive a 32-gallon collection cart that Carter's will swap out with a clean cart every week on a designated day. There are discounts available for establishments requiring multiple carts.
Materials Provided
Carter's Compost will provide training handouts, signs and other materials such as collection bin bags where necessary. We will make sure you have all the tools you need to successfully collect food scraps at your business or residence building!
Why Compost?
Impact of Food in Landfills
Did you know that FOOD is the #1 item by weight we throw in the trash! Food waste in landfills is the #3 largest source of methane produced after only oil & gas and livestock. That methane equates to 6% of total emissions in the USA, which is double the entire airline industry.
Local Goals
In Northwest Lower Michigan, Carter's and other organizations aim to reduce the amount of organic materials going to landfills by 33% by 2030. That is 25,000 tons of valuable resources per year that we, as a community, can put to better use.
The Bigger Picture
What you are doing matters!
Skipping the trash and composting food scraps sequesters carbon from the atmosphere by placing fewer trucks on the roads, keeps less weight on the roads and reduces organic materials in landfills creating methane gas.
Additionally, by composting locally we are working together to regenerate Michigan soil by returning nutrients back to our soils, improve moisture retention and produce more nutritious and tasty food in our region.
Pricing & Resources
Pricing
$15 per cart per weekly pickup (for one cart). We have multi-cart discounts available as low as $10 per cart per pickup.
