Who We Serve
Organizations across industries are diverting food scraps away from landfills to create beneficial composts. Our clients include:
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Restuarants
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Educational
Institutions -
Corporate
Cafeterias -
Hotels
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Sports,
concert and
event venues
How We Do It
Evaluate
AgRecycle provides its customers with a full review of what is compostable from their establishments and may be diverted to composting, in addition to food scraps. We understand that every customer has unique needs. We assist many customers currently using single use disposable food serviceware items to transition to certified compostable single use products. Our experience has proven that approximately 60% more food waste is removed from the landfill stream when these products are utilized. Certified compostable products have more misinformation surrounding them than any other facet of the composting equation. AgRecycle has been accepting these products for 15 years and will continue to encourage their use.
Toss
All compostable kitchen materials may be co-mingled and placed in the AgRecycle yellow container outside. There is no need to segregate items or to size reduce them. Bones, paper, vegetative wastes, corrugated, etc. may tossed in jointly for composting. All of our containers come with optional locking bars to prevent non-compostable items from contaminating the mix.
Collect
Pick-up service is available six days per week. Depending on your needs, we will mutually agree upon the collection days that work best for our customers. There is a minimum twice per week collection for all containers containing food though larger customers and those with limited container space may wish daily pick-ups. Our collection service exclusively uses front-load trucks. Event facilities and special events pick-ups are scheduled independently per occasion.
More
AgRecycle also accepts compostable materials hauled to us from third parties and direct hauled from food processing operations. Later in 2023, we will be starting a residential drop-off program using certified compostable bags. Please check back on this website for further details or call our main office number for additional information.
Who We Serve
Our clients who divert yard debris away from landfills range in scope from home gardeners to commercial landscapers and farmers.
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Home
Gardners -
Municipalities
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Grounds
Crews -
Farms
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Landscapers
Who We Serve
What
AgRecycle welcomes most yard debris materials with the exceptions of soil, commercial potting mixes and root balls. We accept herbivore manures with the majority of untreated and biodegradable bedding. We also accept lumber processing scraps from various industries as well as chipped wood from tree maintenance and logs .
Where
These materials may be dropped off with us at our Distribution Center during regular business hours or at one of our composting sites by appointment. AgRecycle offers collection services for commercial quantities.
How
These materials may be co-mingled, however, discount pricing exists for certain segregations among the materials. Pennsylvania regulates composting on a volume basis so our acceptance policies are volume based. For yard debris drop-off pricing please click here. All collections and all manure based loads are individually evaluated so please call our office for information.
Next
All elements from the yard debris and manure streams are then gauged for how best to decompose in our composting system. Some materials will be further sized reduced while others will not. The elements of each received yard debris load will then be custom blended in specific percentages with other organic materials to achieve optimal carbon to nitrogen ratios and decomposition rates to produce a superior end, finished mature compost.
Consulting
Material diversion to composting presents unique challenges for each enterprise. We turn those challenges into opportunities for positive environmental impact.
A Big Deal
We are asked frequently, "why is it such a big deal to divert waste away from landfills; does it really matter?"
Talk to an Expert
Learn how simple and impactful your material diversion can be managed
YARD DEBRIS DROP-OFF PRICING
Grass over 36 hours old will NOT be accepted
For Beds 78” or less
- $4.00 for wood chips only
- $6.00 for ½ load or less of grass clippings
- $12.00 for grass clippings in excess of ½ load
- $15.00 for all other materials and all loads of co-mingled yard debris
With the exception of grass only loads, no discounts are given for partial loads and no excess fee will be added for materials stacked above the bed frame.
For Beds longer than 78”
- $7.00 for wood chips only
- $7.00 for ½ load or less of grass clippings
- $14.00 for grass clippings in excess of ½ load
- $25.00 for all other materials and all loads of co-mingled yard debris
With the exception of grass only loads, no discounts are given for partial loads and no excess fee will be added for materials stacked above the bed frame.
All dump trucks and trailers will be measured
(minimum charge of one cubic yard)
- $2.00 per cubic yard of wood chips only
- $7.00 per cubic yard of grass clippings only
- $15.00 per cubic yard for all materials wider than 10” and longer than 30” whether alone or co-mingled
- $9.00 per cubic yard for all other loads