Tenafly municipality has created a pilot community composting program for 100 homes in Tenafly. This pilot runs from October 1st, 2023, to March 1st, 2024.
Over this six-month period, participating homes can make use of compost drop-off sites at the recycling center and at Sunnyside Park. Once you've signed up, you can access the sites through a combination lock.
This program will cost participating homes $15 per month for 6 months and a one-time startup fee of $16+tax starting on October 1st. The cost includes:
- An airtight bin for your home
- Liners for your bin
- A virtual educational session about how to compost
- Information on where your food scraps are going
How does it work
- Sign up
- Receive the bin and liners at your door
- Fill bin with food scraps
- Drop-off at a Tenafly drop-off site
- Repeat steps 3 and 4 at your convenience
Why should Tenafly compost?
- When you throw away organic waste, it ends up in landfills and releases methane, a potent and harmful greenhouse gas.
- The average Bergen County household throws away 14 lbs of food waste per week. This makes up around 30% of all household trash!
- Throwing out food waste is bad for the environment and costs Tenafly hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.
- Your garbage will be less smelly!
Sign up today - spots are limited and will go fast!
Register Here
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