Commercial Compost Collection
More and more businesses are realizing that composting is cost effective and earth-friendly. Control your disposal costs by removing the heavy stuff from the trash. By participating, your business will help preserve landfill space and reduce climate change by avoiding methane emissions from organic decay in landfills. The compostable materials are turned into nutrient rich soil that helps grow fresh food.
The City received a MassDEP grant in 2006 to work Save That Stuff, to offer food waste recycling services to Cambridge businesses at a price that is typically the same or less than trash disposal costs. See the brochure or training poster. Participants include universities, supermarkets, hotels, cafeterias (hospitals & assisted living homes), restaurants, bars, florists, and coffee shops. For more info on this project see the Final Report, Attachments, Biocycle Article, Interim Report and Presentation.
Composting is easy—it rarely poses a space problem and it can save businesses money. Any business that generates compostable material can participate. Your hauler can provide secure, leak-proof covered carts, multilingual posters and training. Pickup service is generally available six days per week. The hauler can work with you to develop a pickup schedule that minimizes the amount of time the organic materials are stored at your location.
Compost:
- Food scraps: kitchen trimmings, plate scrapings, coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, meat, bones, fish dairy products & baked goods
- Food soiled paper: paper cups and paper plates, placemats, milk cartons, waxed cardboard boxes and saw dust
- Plants: yard trimmings and floral clippings
No glass, no plastic, no styrofoam, no metal, no liquids, no grease, and no other items that cannot biodegrade.
Support the Cambridge businesses, institutions and schools that are composting!
(A-Z, continually updated)
- 1369 Coffeehouse
- Abt Associates
- Agassiz Baldwin Community
- Atwoods
- Basta Pasta Trattoria
- Blue Room
- BoLoco
- Boston Tea Stop
- Bukowski's Tavern
- Cambridge Brewing Company
- Cambridge Common
- Cambridge Hospital
- Cellars Wine
- Center for Effective Philanthropy
- Central Square Florist
- Charles Hotel
- Charlie's Kitchen
- Chez Henri
- Christopher's
- Church - Hope Fellowship
- Clover Fast Food
- Craigie on Main
- Crema Cafe
- Crimson Galleria
- Dunkin Donuts (JFK St)
- EF Education First
- Fishmonger
- Formaggio Kitchen
- Four Burgers
- Friendly Toast
- Genzyme
- Grendel's Den
- Harding House
- Harvard University
- Harvest Co-op Market
- Hong Kong Restaurant
- Hungry Mother Restaurant
- International School of Boston
- Irving House at Harvard
- Jose's Mexican Restaurant
- Lesley University
- Life Alive
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
- Live Nation
- MIT
- Museum of Science
- Oleana Restaurant
- Ole Mexican Grill
- Pfizer
- Portugalia Restaurant
- Redline
- Rendevous in Central Square
- School - CRLS 9th Grade Campus
- School - Graham & Parks
- School - King Open
- School - Shady Hill
- Schlumberger Tech Corp
- Season to Taste Catering
- Shaw's Market (Sidney St)
- Sheraton Commander
- Shire
- Sofra Bakery
- Spaulding Hospital Cambridge (Youville)
- Stonehearth Pizza
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- Veggie Planet
- West Side Lounge
- Whole Foods (Fresh Pond)
- Whole Foods (Prospect St)
- Whole Foods (River St)
- Za Pizza and Salad
- Zing Pizza
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Dept of Public Works
147 Hampshire St
Cambridge
MA
02139
Phone:617.349.4800
TDD:617.349.4805
Email Us
Hours of Service
Monday: 8:30am-8pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 8:30am-5pm
Friday: 8:30am-12pm
Recycling Center Hours
Tuesday & Thursday: 4:00pm-7:30pm
Saturday: 9:00am-4:00pm
Ms. Randi Mail
Director of Recycling
617.349.4866
rmail@cambridgema.gov
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