Star City Compost

24/12/2024

As a part of our ongoing fundraiser, I made some special visits to donors yesterday to share some Holiday cheer with music! 🎵 we’re 40% funded right now and I’ve got lots more songs and t-shirts to share. ;)

12/12/2024

Please make a donation to support Star City Compost this Holiday season! We are hoping to raise $8,000 in the next two months to help us cover a big fee we incur with the bank as well as a concrete pad that would create a safer working environment. Watch the video and i hope that I can send you a t-shirt, holiday card, or record a song in exchange for your support. Link is in comments.

10/12/2024

We’re looking forward to hosting this workshop and tour in January as a part of the VABF Virginia Association for Biological Farming conference.

03/12/2024

Just found out Star City Compost is one of just 15 composting facilities in the whole state of Virginia. We are also one of six that solely focuses on food waste. Virginia is way behind on supporting compost infrastructure and I have all the experience in the world to explain why.

If you ever wish to know ask me and trust that the difficulties I have experienced in doing this work prevent food waste diversion opportunities and greenhouse gas reductions in the state.

The policies need to change. Check out this informative article about addressing some of the policy needs.

RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPOSTING FOR WASTE REDUCTION AND SOIL HEALTH Francesca Costantino // Virginia Association for Biological Farming // [email protected] Karen W. Forget // Lynnhaven River Now // [email protected] PDF Download Land & Wildlife Conservation

27/11/2024

We picked up our compost screener today!! Finished compost will be coming soon!!

28/10/2024

24/10/2024

In total, The Harvest Collective and Star City Compost led the green team in diverting 120 Lbs of aluminum, 800 lbs of cardboard and plastic recycling and 500 lbs of compostable material from Roanoke GO Outside Festival this past weekend.

We wish a big thank you to all the people who helped out on green team this past weekend. We’ve been doing this work for 6 straight go fest.

We are available to help divert waste from other festivals and large gatherings if you are interested in the service.

10/10/2024

Star City Compost and Hollins University have kept 14 tons of food waste out of the landfill!

Between March 18 and September 19, 2024, Hollins University has recycled 28,637.6 pounds (14.0 metric tons) of food scraps with Star City Compost, resulting in a net decrease in GHG emissions of 56.51 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MTCO 2eq ), equal to the consumption of 6,386 gallons of gasoline.

We’re grateful to the Hollins University, Meriwether Godsey and the staff there who have helped in this effort!

19/09/2024

We are proud to announce the first restaurant in Roanoke who is choosing to sort and compost their food waste with Star City Compost. Everyone go out and support who are proving themselves to be great stewards of our ecological resources.

16/09/2024

The art mural on our food waste drop-off shed at the Local Environmental Agriculture Project - LEAP Hub is complete. The art was done by Heather Lynn Reynolds. We’re grateful to help bring some beauty to the world by partnering with talented artists.

14/09/2024

We’ve got Star City Compost T-Shirts! We’re offering a free t-shirt to anyone who promotes our business and gets one sign-up for curbside service or 2 sign-ups for drop-off service. Here’s Frances with her free T-Shirt after getting her mom to sign up.

You can also just buy a shirt for $20 through this link and I’ll deliver or mail it to you:

https://swipesimple.com/links/lnk_24f8e8278d6e317b7b03e0feb9d10012

12/09/2024

Davey will be teaching a compost workshop this evening at the Carilion Morningside Urban Farm - 907 Morgan Ave SE - from 6:45-7:30 pm. come at 6 for yoga with Emilee Hall.

Have a great day!

03/09/2024

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http://gardenvarietyharvests.com/tickets

30/08/2024

Some photos of our food waste processing. 😉

23/08/2024

Hi folks- click to learn some important lessons about plastics in our lives and how we all should be supporting laws that create extended producer responsibility. Thanks for your work Sustainable Roanoke!

https://roanokeoutside.com/5-questions-with-sustainable-roanoke/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0XDK0hCelqNUJzBVgD1gZFFwv3VS55U0UIinohYSKPPlgdGSE3oE_I9Co_aem__MM5xoUnP7Zs4bfdG1N3ug

Sustainable Roanoke is a grassroots environmental group with a mission to educate, inspire, and empower the community to achieve a sustainable lifestyle by sharing knowledge, increasing awareness, pooling resources, and promoting social equity. Since its […]

19/08/2024

Working in compost stinks. From freelance journalist Ralph Berrier Jr., learn about Star City Compost, a new company that takes food waste from Roanoke residents and businesses and converts it into clean compost that will soon be available for sale.

Story link in comments. Free to read.

16/08/2024

We got jokes.

14/08/2024

There was a great article written about us in the Roanoke Rambler today. Give it a read and learn a little more about our company.

If you haven’t yet, sign up for service or suggest us to friends. Food waste shouldn’t be thrown away! It should be turned into compost for local farmers and gardeners.