Composters

They off a residential bi-weekly curbside pick-up service across Talbot County, Maryland. Services cost $18/month

Subscribers receive a 5-gallon bucket with a compostable liner and a tight-fitting lid that keeps smells in and critters out. 

You put your bucket on your step the day of your pick-up and they pick up your compost. You receive a five-gallon bucket of compost in the Spring and Fall.

Permit holders may bring in household-generated food waste which is considered “recycling” at no cost. If it’s only vegetable and fruit scraps, compost bins are in their on-site demonstration garden. Finished compost is available at $30 a yard (supplies limited).  Currently, MULCH is available. (supplies limited). 

Open to any resident who purchases a composting permit.

To be eligible, you must be a Rochester resident, and only one member per household may register. A City staff member will contact you to confirm registration. You can register at this site.

Rochester’s Community-wide Climate Action Plan recommends the implementation of an organics collection and composting program to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and, as a result, reduce landfill greenhouse gas emissions (methane) that worsen climate change. Through composting, food scraps can be turned into nutrient-rich soil that can be used for gardening and potting household plants that filter oxygen in our homes.  The ROC City Compost program is part of the City’s larger Food Waste Reduction, Donation and Organics Recycling Program. The City of Rochester believes that “Food Is Treasure” and that we can turn “trash” into treasure. Learn more about the City’s Food Waste Prevention, Donation and Organics Recycling program and “Food Is Treasure” Food Waste Education Guide here.

Drop-off locations and schedule:

Once you have signed up for the program and have your toolkit of materials, you may drop off your food waste at the following locations and times every week.     

Maplewood Park 

Parking lot by Maplewood Rose Garden

250 Maplewood Ave, Rochester, NY 14613 

Tuesdays 9am – 2pm

Cobbs Hill Park

 Parking lot by Lake Riley Lodge

 100 Norris Dr. Map

Saturdays 9am-noon

Wednesdays 1-4pm

Genesee Valley Park

 Parking lot by Sports Complex

131 Elmwood Ave. Map

 Saturdays 1-4pm

Wednesdays 9am-noon  

Open to Rochester residents who purchase a transfer station permit.

Open to Marbletown residents who purchase a transfer station permit.