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Our Household Bucket program is currently at capacity. Join our wait list.

• The program requires a $25 enrollment fee on each compost bucket. You will take your bucket(s) home to collect food waste. You’ll be provided with a list of compostable and non-compostable items. Once the bucket is full or needs to be exchanged, simply return the bucket to the Hulings Rice Food Center during specified collection hours and exchange it for a clean one. It’s that easy!

As a member of this program you will be eligible for 25% off of finished compost purchases.

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Join our Household Bucket Compost Service:
Our Household Bucket program is currently at capacity. Please submit your name and email and we will send you a notification when we have openings. Thank you!

Our commercial compost program is an environmentally responsible and affordable way to dispose of your business’s food waste. It’s also a way for you to support Northland and the learning and research opportunities this program provides to students. 

If your business is new to composting we will work with you to decide how many receptacles you need and how frequently collection needs to be. We recognize that based on the season or even simply the week, your food waste output may vary. We do our best to remain flexible and can adjust our pick-up schedule to meet your needs. Compost collection and clean bucket return occurs once per week. 

You will be provided a list of compostable and non-compostable items. Our industrial composter creates optimal conditions for the digestion of food waste and allows us to process items that are not traditionally “compostable.”

Due to the size of our operation, we are able to have multiple payment options that fit your individual needs.

Program Pricing:

• $100 deposit for each 32 gallon rolling trash can/receptacle
• $20 per month pick up charge per receptacle OR $200 annual advanced payment per receptacle OR $160 for 9-month academic year advance payment per receptacle. Collection is once per week.
• As a partner benefit, you and your business receive a 25% discount on finished compost purchases.

If for any reason you decide to leave the program, deposits on the receptacles will be fully refundable provided they are returned in working condition.

Join our Commercial Compost Program:

Bulk, finished compost is available for purchase at the Hulings Rice Food Center compost facility Mondays through Fridays 8:00 to 4:30 p.m.

You must provide your own container to fill. Price is $0.50 per pound.

Members of our household and commercial composting programs receive a 25% discount on finished compost.