Spring is here – Let’s compost!  

In Rockport, there are currently 191 households with curbside pick up who are composting. Each week, about .8 of a ton is composted. Since Black Earth Compost began offering these services, 125.3 tons of food waste has been composted. In addition, four businesses are composting: Brackets/Brothers Brew, Mayflour Confectionary, Whistlestop Grocer, and Lattof Farmstand. Curbside pick-up through Black Earth includes not only food waste but items such as compostable tableware, egg cartons, paper towel tubes, pizza boxes, pet food, newspapers and much more. It’s fun to do!

Compost is created by combining organic waste such as leftover food, yard waste and manures in the right ratios to increase the breakdown of organic materials. Composting has many benefits including reducing the volume of waste that goes to a landfill in our town and creating nutrient rich materials to enrich soil.

Black Earth is the only business we know that offers a curbside pick up in Rockport. To sign up, go to: Black Earth Compost.