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Have Holiday Food Waste? Try Composting!

Marina Fatina by Marina Fatina
December 24, 2024
in Events, Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Insider Reports, Lifestyle, Public Safety, Regions, Texas Family Values
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Have Holiday Food Waste? Try Composting!

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The holiday season often brings an abundance of delicious meals, festive gatherings, and, inevitably, leftover food. While it’s tempting to toss scraps and excess into the trash, composting offers a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to reduce waste and benefit the environment.

The average American household generates nearly 700 pounds of trash annually, with about 60% of it being compostable. Yet, much of this waste ends up in landfills, financially and environmentally costing families. With private waste pickup services sometimes reaching $100 per week, especially for yard-heavy households, composting is an appealing alternative.

Composting: A Solution for Reducing Waste and Saving Money

The Financial Benefits of Composting
By composting food and yard scraps, households can reduce their landfill-bound waste by 60%. This not only decreases the cost of garbage pickup but also reduces one’s carbon footprint. Even for those without yards, residential compost pickup services are significantly more affordable than traditional waste removal, often costing just $10–$30 per month.

Fort Worth’s Composting Initiative
Recognizing that 30% of landfill waste could be composted, Fort Worth is piloting a Residential Food Scrap Collection Program. This initiative aims to divert compostable materials away from the landfill, preserving space, saving tax dollars, and creating nutrient-rich soil additives.

Residents are encouraged to participate by collecting food scraps and keeping them out of their regular garbage carts. For details on the program, visit the city’s website: Fort Worth Composting.

Local Composting Services Across Texas

For those ready to take action, here are composting services in major Texas cities:

Dallas/Fort Worth

  • Champion Waste and Recycling Services: Commercial curbside collection and event composting.
  • Compost Carpool: Residential and commercial collection.
  • Cowboy Compost: Curbside pickup and event composting.
  • Turn Compost: Curbside service and drop-off options.
  • Recycle Revolution: Residential curbside composting.
  • Municipal Pilot Program: Fort Worth’s food scrap collection initiative.

Plano

  • Residential Food Scrap Composting Program.

Austin

  • Break It Down: Multifamily, commercial, and event composting.
  • Green Thumb: Commercial curbside pickup.
  • Moonshot Composting: Residential and commercial services.

Galveston

  • Seeding Galveston Compost Program.

Houston

  • Camp Logan Compost Logistics: Residential, commercial, and event collection.
  • From Curb to Compost: Residential service.
  • Happy Earth Compost: Residential and commercial pickup.
  • Karma Pharma: Pickup and drop-off services.
  • Mandell Park: Community drop-off location.
  • W Clay & Dunlavy: Neighborhood garden drop-off site.
  • Zero Waste Houston: Residential and commercial curbside pickup.

San Antonio

  • Break It Down: Multifamily, commercial, and event composting.
  • Mission Compost: Residential and event collection.
  • Municipal Service: Organics carts for food scraps and yard waste.

Waco

  • Break It Down: Multifamily and event composting.
  • DaySpring Baptist Church: Food scrap drop-off.
  • Mission Waco Urban REAP: Food scrap drop-off.
  • Moonshot Composting: Commercial curbside service.
  • World Hunger Relief: Commercial and community composting.

Join the Movement
Composting isn’t just an environmentally friendly practice — it’s a cost-effective way to manage waste. By making small changes, Texans can help extend landfill capacity, reduce tax expenditures, and create a cleaner, greener community.

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Marina Fatina

Marina Fatina

Part of Texas Epoch Media Group since 2012 . Graduated University of Houston with BA in Broadcast Journalism and now work as a local Houston Reporter and videographer for Texas Insider and NTD.

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