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Compost Cab @CompostCab

Community Composting Made Easy Since 2010!

Joined April 2010
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Compost Cab@CompostCab
21 Jul 2016
We love making new friends and spreading the word about our services. Know of events for us?info@compostcab.com
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Mayor Muriel Bowser
@MayorBowser
May 29
Our community has composted 11M lbs of food waste since 2017. The environmental equivalent of planting and growing 35,000 trees for 10 years. While we're on the subject—we're also planting thousands of trees every year. Very proud of our green, clean, beautiful DC.
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Proud to support this work from Day One. Excited to add 20 new smartbins to @dczerowaste’s program later this year. That’ll bring the total to 51! Let’s keep going, #DC — at around 200 smartbins we can have one within an easy walk for every District resident.
Mayor Muriel Bowser
@MayorBowser
May 29
LIVE: Mayor Bowser Announces Expansion of Citywide Composting Initiatives x.com/i/broadcasts/1DGleejRR…
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Successful, scalable zero-waste policy requires carrots, sticks. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…. #compost

These states tried, and failed, to cut food waste. One succeeded.

A study of five states’ food waste bans found that most had no effect — except Massachusetts.

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Amanda Michelle Gomez@amanduhgomez
10 Apr 2024
Update: Department of Public Works says Office of Contracts is still contracting w the dump truck company District Logistics on "emergency" to manage farmers market compost. Move comes after contract appeals board said it should terminate its contract with District Logistics.
FRESHFARM@FRESHFARMDC
10 Apr 2024
Fishy, indeed! Since 2011 FRESHFARM has worked w/ @compostcab to grow community composting, pioneering a market drop-off model later expanded by The District. But Compost Cab is no longer running the program. Read this @WAMU story for inside scoop! wamu.org/story/24/04/05/dc-c…
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Thx for amplifying.
FRESHFARM@FRESHFARMDC
10 Apr 2024
Fishy, indeed! Since 2011 FRESHFARM has worked w/ @compostcab to grow community composting, pioneering a market drop-off model later expanded by The District. But Compost Cab is no longer running the program. Read this @WAMU story for inside scoop! wamu.org/story/24/04/05/dc-c…
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FRESHFARM@FRESHFARMDC
9 Apr 2024
Replying to @theHillisHome
Thank you for amplifying. We’ve worked w @CompostCab for 13 years and have been an invaluable partner.
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Thx for your take on this, @rosenamy. Probably won’t surprise you to know that we still have not heard anything on next steps from @DCOCP. Crickets. Meanwhile, #compost dropoff continues with the vendor that the CAB specifically instructed OCP to terminate. Sigh. SMH.
Sam Rosen-Amy@rosenamy
7 Apr 2024
What a story from @amanduhgomez, and I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more attention. A local compost company lost a contract with DC, to a company with no history in composting. The DC Contract Appeals Board's recent decision overturning the contract is wild. Here's some excerpts:
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The Hill is Home@theHillisHome
8 Apr 2024
Must-read story, and this is a particularly troubling part of it.
The District also may not be following its own contracting rules and standards: according to the solicitation for the compost transport contract, the company must have at least three years of experience managing food waste drop off and/or compost hauling, in addition to a working relationship with three clients that can attest to its food waste management. Brosowsky doubts District Logistics meets this special criteria, based on his research into the company and its owner’s visits with Agricity. So he filed a protest with the Contract Appeals Board when his company was not awarded the contract in January. “Such a lack of experience creates significant risk that the program will suffer from unsatisfactory performance and may possibly fail,” Brosowsky’s filing reads.

ALT The District also may not be following its own contracting rules and standards: according to the solicitation for the compost transport contract, the company must have at least three years of experience managing food waste drop off and/or compost hauling, in addition to a working relationship with three clients that can attest to its food waste management. Brosowsky doubts District Logistics meets this special criteria, based on his research into the company and its owner’s visits with Agricity. So he filed a protest with the Contract Appeals Board when his company was not awarded the contract in January. “Such a lack of experience creates significant risk that the program will suffer from unsatisfactory performance and may possibly fail,” Brosowsky’s filing reads.

Amanda Michelle Gomez@amanduhgomez
5 Apr 2024
A dump truck company is now managing DC's compost program at farmers markets, after the gov cut ties w Compost Cab The decision is puzzling: Compost Cab conceived of the program years ago, & has diverted more than 4.4 million pounds of waste from landfill wamu.org/story/24/04/05/dc-c…
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Brandon Partridge@BranPart
8 Apr 2024
I've been an admirer (and customer) of @CompostCab for several years now, so I hope @MayorBowser, @DCOCP, and @DCDPW will commit to working with a qualified, committed partner to help meet #DC's ambitious goal for waste diversion. #foodwaste #compost wamu.org/story/24/04/05/dc-c…

Something's fishy with composting at D.C. farmers markets

"It's a problem if you believe that the city needs to play fair. It's a problem if you believe that the lowest possible cost doesn't necessarily mean the best possible thing for the city,"

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ICYMI. When the procurement process fails #SmallBusiness loses. So does the #environment. So does the #community. @MayorBowser @BrianneKNadeau @dcocp @DCDPW
Amanda Michelle Gomez@amanduhgomez
5 Apr 2024
A dump truck company is now managing DC's compost program at farmers markets, after the gov cut ties w Compost Cab The decision is puzzling: Compost Cab conceived of the program years ago, & has diverted more than 4.4 million pounds of waste from landfill wamu.org/story/24/04/05/dc-c…
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Pls take 4 min to listen @wamu885's @amanduhgomez. For the a year we've been quietly fighting a battle for the soul of #DC's beloved food scrap dropoff program. It's about a lot more than #compost. H/T @JacobFenston @FRESHFARMDC wamu.org/story/24/04/05/dc-c…

Something's fishy with composting at D.C. farmers markets

"It's a problem if you believe that the city needs to play fair. It's a problem if you believe that the lowest possible cost doesn't necessarily mean the best possible thing for the city,"

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Tune into @wamu885 at 744pm to hear @amanduhgomez’s report on our fight for the soul of DC’s Food Waste Dropoff Program. H/T @JacobFenston @FRESHFARMDC
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Nice one, @NYTGames!
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Kicking off Pumpkins for the People 2023 and talking zero-waste #Halloween live in air with @gwenfox5dc this afternoon at 345pm, 435pm and 547pm. Cheer us on or just say hi in front of @EachPeachDC! #pumpkinsforthepeople
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ZeroWasteDC@dczerowaste
22 Sep 2023
UPDATE: Due to expected inclement weather, Food Waste Drop Offs at the SW Farmers Market and the First Baptist Church of Deanwood will be closed September 23. For other sites, please check the host farmers market’s website for hours and operating information.
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Please, somebody great — come be the boss of us!
ZeroWasteDC@dczerowaste
29 Jun 2023
Passionate about waste diversion? Experience implementing zero waste strategies? Want to work with a great team? Apply today for the Office of Waste Diversion Program Manager position! Closes Saturday, July 1. ow.ly/OcAI50OYBpH #DCisHiring
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Excited to open for the season at @FRESHFARMDC #FoggyBottom, thanks to our friends @SmallBizDC and the Food Waste Innovation Grant. Come say hi, drop your scraps, and help us help local businesses save money and waste less! #fwig #compost #dcpride
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It’s funny cause it’s true. thecherryswamp.com/posts/ak7… @thecherryswamp @dczerowaste @SierraDC @ZeroWasteDCSC @CharDreizen @FRESHFARMDC @slowfooddc #compost #compostlove

Missed Connection: You Were Also Dumping Rancid Sludge into Our Local Compost Drop Off — The Cherry...

Every week, I visit my neighborhood compost drop-off. But this week… was different.  As I entered the Brookland farmers market, I saw you from afar approaching the food waste drop-off tent. Your eyes...

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Preach. We’re here to help folks!
Charlotte Dreizen@CharDreizen
28 May 2023
In order to compost, all compostable items need to actually get to a composter that can process that material
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Attention #farmersmarket lovers: We’re hiring P/T drivers and table team to support our growing network of FREE #compost dropoff locations. Make sustainability happen for thousands of your friends and neighbors every weekend! Email team@compostcab. @FRESHFARMDC
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