Municipal Composting Service

Achieve your community sustainability goals by partnering with The Urban Canopy for community-wide composting service. We make it easy to reduce your landfill waste!

Benefits of Municipal Composting

    • More households and businesses participating means more food scraps diverted from landfills and less methane in the atmosphere.

    • Equity for renters and lower-income residents- makes composting more affordable for everyone.

    • One partner to work with

    • Shows that the municipality is forward-thinking and sends a message that sustainability is a value of the municipality’s

    • Helps municipality in meeting Greenest Region Compact (GRC2) waste goals

    • Makes the municipality a more attractive place to live or own a business

    • Clear messaging to the community about how to divert food scraps

    • Reduction in landfill fees

Interested in bringing our convenient compost pickup service to your community? Email us at compost@theurbancanopy.org to start the conversation!

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Municipal Proposal and Service Details

Municipal Composting Proposal

For a detailed overview of The Urban Canopy’s municipal compost service, including our mission & vision, service & scope options, qualifications & references, and operations information, please refer to our Municipal Proposal (pdf).

Scheduling & Pricing

We’d love to talk with you about your specific needs so we can create a custom proposal. To schedule a meeting, please email compost@theurbancanopy.org.

Municipal Partners

  • Village of Skokie, Illinois

  • City of Park Ridge, Illinois

  • City of Evanston, Illinois

  • Village of Park Forest, Illinois

  • Village of Flossmoor, Illinois