1. Find your teammates

Talk to your neighbors and friends down the street about the benefits of composting their food scraps. Once you’ve found at least 3 households to participate, you’re ready to form a team.

2. Pick a team captain

The captain will be the main point of contact with The Compost Exchange for any support needed.

3. Sign up

The team captain will sign up using the Start a Team form , and all other members will sign up using the Join a Team form. Each member will sign up and pay individually.

4. Select a central spot for the buckets

Pick one spot where all team members will place their bucket each week for pick-up. This could be a member's porch, curb or another central spot.

5. Start composting!

Once everyone has signed up, we'll deliver our liner loaded buckets to your selected spot the next week. If any members on your team aren't sure what to compost, that’s ok. A complete list of what you can and can't compost is right there on the buckets!

6. Pick Up Day

On pick up day, leave your buckets at the team’s agreed upon location. Our driver will remove food scraps from all buckets and swap the liners for fresh ones. If some team members are away for a week or simply forget to put their bucket out, no worries, we'll just get it the next week! Note: the best compost comes from fresh food scraps - your buckets do not need to be full to set out.

7. Managing the team and other benefits

If more neighbors become interested and would like to join your team, they can sign up using the Join a Team form at any time. Also, each team member (upon request within 30 days of subscription renewal) receives a portion of our EPA-tested compost to give their garden a nice boost each year.