WHERE TO COMPOST: MASSACHUSETTS

Acton

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Municipal: The city collects food waste via public drop-off at its transfer station.

Adams

-Second Chance Composting: Residential and commercial curbside collection, a drop-off location, and composting for events; they also offer composting for woodchips, sawdust, manure, and other materials.

Amherst

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.

Andover

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside food waste collection from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers food scrap collection, as well as a slightly cheaper drop-off option, for residents, plus a suite of options for businesses looking for food scrap collection. They also help with waste at events!

Arlington

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside food waste collection from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Garbage to Garden: Weekly curbside composting service for homes and businesses; they'll also give you back soil, if you'd like.

Belmont

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside food waste collection from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Garbage to Garden: Weekly curbside composting service for homes and businesses; they'll also give you back soil, if you'd like.

Billerica

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Boston area

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside pick-up for residents and businesses. They also pick
-Bootstrap Compost: Will pick up your food scraps to be composted on local farms.
-Cambridge: The city offers curbside food scrap collection.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Municipal: Residential curbside collection.
-Project Oscar: A free community compost pilot program that gives communities a place to drop-off residential food scraps. As of April 2017, there are bins in six locations: East Boston, North End, Brighton, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and City Hall Plaza.

Boxford

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Burlington

-MOM's Organic Market: This natural grocery store has a compost drop-off bin open to the public for household compost (no commercial or high-volume compost).

Chelmsford

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Clarksburg

-Second Chance Composting: Residential and commercial curbside collection and composting for events; they also offer composting for woodchips, sawdust, manure, and other materials.

Dracut

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Gill

-The Compost Cooperative: Residential and commercial food scrap collection service.

Great Falls

-The Compost Cooperative: Residential and commercial food scrap collection service.

Greenfield

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-The Compost Cooperative: Food scrap and organics collection for downtown Greenfield residents, businesses, and institutions.

Hamilton

-Municipal: Municipal curbside food scrap collection.

Haverhill

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers food scrap collection, as well as a slightly cheaper drop-off option, for residents, plus a suite of options for businesses looking for food scrap collection. They also help with waste at events!

Holyoke

-The Compost Cooperative: Residential and commercial food scrap collection service.

Ipswich

-Ipswich Composting: Sign up for curbside compost pick-up through the city's program.

Lawrence

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers food scrap collection, as well as a slightly cheaper drop-off option, for residents, plus a suite of options for businesses looking for food scrap collection. They also help with waste at events!

Lexington

-Black Earth Compost: Collects food waste from residents and businesses.
-Bootstrap Compost: Will pick up your food scraps to be composted on local farms.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Garbage to Garden: Weekly curbside composting service for homes and businesses; they'll also give you back soil, if you'd like.
-Municipal: Per a reader note, the town of Lexington offers a food scrap collection drop-off location.

Lowell

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers food scrap collection, as well as a slightly cheaper drop-off option, for residents, plus a suite of options for businesses looking for food scrap collection. They also help with waste at events!

Manchester-by-the-Sea

-Black Earth Compost: Collects food waste from residents and businesses.

Medford

-Garbage to Garden: Residential curbside organics collection.

Methuen

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Montague

-The Compost Cooperative: Residential and commercial food scrap collection service.

North Adams

-Second Chance Composting: Residential and commercial curbside collection, a drop-off location, and composting for events; they also offer composting for woodchips, sawdust, manure, and other materials.

North Andover

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside food waste collection from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Northampton

-Pedal People: These folks offer bike-powered curbside compost pick-up.
-Valley Recycling: Accepts yard waste for composting; learn more about what to include and where to drop it off here.

Northeast Massachusetts

-Black Earth Compost: Collects food waste from residents and businesses to divert away from the landfill into compost - sign up here, if you'd like! It's a great service to use if you aren't able to compost in your backyard.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.

Revere

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Republic Services: Curbside collection of household and yard organics is available here.

Salem

-Black Earth Compost: Collects food waste from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.

Somerville

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside food waste collection from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Garbage to Garden: Weekly curbside composting service for homes and businesses; they'll also give you back soil, if you'd like.

South Shore

-Black Earth Compost: Curbside food waste collection from residents and businesses.
-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.

Tewksbury

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers residential and commercial food scrap collection, residential compost drop-offs, and zero waste event support.

Tyngsborough

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-OffBeet Compost: Woman-owned OffBeet offers food scrap collection, as well as a slightly cheaper drop-off option, for residents, plus a suite of options for businesses looking for food scrap collection. They also help with waste at events!

Wendell

-The Compost Cooperative: Residential and commercial food scrap collection service.

Wenham

-Municipal: Municipal curbside food scrap collection.

Western Massachusetts

-City Compost: Weekly, biweekly, and monthly service for homes, organizations, and events with a clean bucket each service plus the option of compost back.
-Commonwealth Sustainability: Residential and commercial curbside organics collection.

Williamstown

-Second Chance Composting: Residential and commercial curbside collection and composting for events; they also offer composting for woodchips, sawdust, manure, and other materials.

Worcester

-Black Earth Compost: Residential curbside food scrap collection.

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