The Compost Coop - Join Today!

Thursday, February 03, 2011

This spring, Philly Compost and Sustainable 19125 put their heads together to bring easy, affordable composting to 19125. We’ll be launching the Coop and hosting our first meeting of the membership on May 12th at the Garden Center (Frankford and Berks) at 7:30.

But before then, we wanted to write and tell you a few more details about the program: how it will work,when it’s going to get off the ground and how you can get involved. And we wanted to unveil the winning logo, designed by Melissa Colossi and Ryan Tymbal of Tymbal Art. Check out their website to find beautiful hand-made clothing! Thanks to everyone who submitted!

The Compost Coop is designed to be easy — to help you compost your food scraps even if you don’t have the time or energy or space to compost on your own. Three days a week, you can drop off your food scraps at our specially built facility, at the Garden Center (Frankford and Berks). We’ll be open on Thursdays and Fridays from 4-7pm and Saturdays from 12-3pm.

Our facility includes a state-of-the-art composter, the Earth Tub, donated by Philly Compost: imagine a moon-lander full of dirt and food-scraps. Philly Compost provides compost pick ups for households and businesses around Philadelphia — they’re working toward a zero-waste future, for Philadelphia and for the world.

The Earth Tub will be sheltered by a structure, built by Greensaw Design, a sustainable carpentry company. They build gorgeous furniture out of salvaged wood, and they donated their time for this project. We’d like to thank them for their invaluable help — and encourage you to check out their projects!

Join the Compost Coop today! Working memberships are only $25 a year — that’s $2 a month. (Non-working memberships are $50 a year) Send us an email and we’ll get you signed up!