Composting Information

In partnership with Black Earth Compost

🌱 Welcome, Future Framingham Composters!

♻️ Composting in the City of Framingham

The City of Framingham aims to reduce waste and minimize carbon emissions by encouraging more residents to compost, either at home or via a new partnership with Black Earth Compost.

Join the curbside composting pilot by subscribing to Black Earth Compost and receive one free curbside bin and a roll of liner bags, while supplies last.

This project is funded in part by a grant from the MassDEP.

🗑️ The Food Waste Problem

• Landfills and incinerators have long-lasting adverse effects on our environment by creating harmful greenhouse gases, including methane and CO2.
• According to the EPA, up to 40% of household trash – including food waste, yard waste, and paper – is compostable.

🌱 What is Composting?

• Composting is a natural process that allows compostable material to break down over time from exposure to oxygen, moisture, and naturally occurring bacteria.
• Composting significantly lowers greenhouse gas emissions by keeping food waste out of landfills and incinerators.
• Composting creates a natural fertilizer, which improves soil structure and adds essential nutrients to the soil, helping to grow plants with less water, fertilizer or pesticides while improving carbon sequestration.

🚛 NEW: Curbside Compost Pilot

The City of Framingham is excited to announce a partnership with Black Earth Compost to provide curbside composting for eligible households of 4 or less units. Simply put your bin by the curb on collection day and Black Earth Compost hauls away all of your compostable material.

The City of Framingham is providing one free curbside bin and a roll of liner bags for new subscribers to Black Earth Compost, while supplies last.

Click these links for more info about the Black Earth Compost service:

🔗 Residential Curbside Composting Pickup
🔗 What’s Compostable?
🔗 Frequently Asked Questions
🎥 VIDEO: The Why, What, and How of Composting with Black Earth Compost

📦 There are currently four curbside options with Black Earth Compost:

• Weekly Collection - $80.99 every 6 months
• Weekly Collection - $14.99 per month
• Every Other Week Collection - $63.99 every 6 months
• Every Other Week Collection - $11.99/month
• After subscribing, Black Earth Compost will supply a voucher that you will bring to the Framingham Recycle Center to exchange for your free bin.
• Your collection day will be provided by Black Earth Compost after subscribing.
• Subscribers will be provided a voucher for one free bag of Black Earth Compost each year.

Framingham currently has over 400 Black Earth Compost subscribers, and when we reach 900, the cost of service will decrease for all Framingham subscribers. Please help us reach that next threshold!

🏡 Composting at Home

• Composting at home means you get to keep all that nutrient-rich soil in your garden! Click here Version OptionsFramingham Curbside Composting ProgramHeadline    🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home       🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home     🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home 🏡 Composting at Home for more information on how to compost at home.
• If you want to start composting at home, the Sanitation Division has sturdy backyard compost bins available for purchase at the Recycling Drop-Off Center, 255 Mt. Wayte Ave.
• Bins are $25 each and are available while supplies last. View compost bin specifications here.    🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home       🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home     🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home  🏡 Composting at Home 🏡 Composting at Home

📞 Please inquire in advance to ensure availability by contacting the Sanitation Division at 508-532-6001 or sanitation@framinghamma.gov.

📂 Related Documents 

• Trilingual Guide to Curbside Composting (English, Portuguese, Spanish)