Composting with ERICD
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Are you a year-round resident of Barrington? You have composting options!
ERICD has partnered with the town of Barrington and Black Earth Compost to launch the first ever municipal curbside compost pickup service in RI! This is a 2-year pilot program launching in Barrington on September 18th and will include weekly curbside food scrap collection at a deeply discounted rate.
Year 1 is 66% discounted - you pay $66.66 for the first year of this service. Year 2 is 33% discounted - you pay $133.33 for the second year of this service.
Additionally, if 500 Barrington residents sign up for this program there will be an additional density discount which will make this service even cheaper! So tell your friends and family members so sign up today!
Follow this link to learn more and sign up today!
Alternatively, if curbside food scrap pickup is not for you - Barrington Farm School has free food scrap drop offs for Barrington residents. You can drop off your food scraps at one of their two collection sites.
Site 1 is adjacent to their farm stand: you will see green toters where you drop in your food scraps.
Site 2 is located at the Kent Street tennis courts in the Hampden Meadows neighborhood: you will see green toters where you drop in your food scraps.
Follow this link to learn more!
https://barringtonfarmschool.org/community-composting-program/
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ERICD has partnered with the town of Bristol and Black Earth Compost to launch the first ever municipal curbside compost pickup service in RI! This is a 2-year pilot program launching in Bristol on September 18th and will include weekly curbside food scrap collection at a deeply discounted rate.
Year 1 is 66% discounted - you pay $50 for the first year of this service.
Year 2 is 33% discounted - you pay $99.99 for the second year of this service.
Additionally, if 500 Bristol residents sign up for this program there will be an additional density discount which will make this service even cheaper! So tell your friends and family members so sign up today!
Follow this link to learn more and sign up today!
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ERICD has partnered with the Rhode Island School Recycling Project (RISRP) whose mission is to get every school in Rhode Island composting their food scraps, recovering and sharing perfectly good “share table” food and reducing the amount of food students waste by 50% by 2030. This work is vital as it will extend the life of the landfill, provide food for food insecure families and reduce the extreme weather events caused by climate change.
RISRP’s program is already up and running in 53 schools across RI. We are partnering to get even more schools involved.
Together with RISRP and The Center For Ecotechnology (CET) we are starting this program in Aquidneck Elementary School in Fall 2025!
For information and to get involved please contact, stella@easternriconservation.org
Follow this link to learn more about the great work that RISRP is doing in schools across the state!
ERICD is working to address climate change through composting programs with our partner 11th Hour Racing.
We are thrilled to partner with 11th Hour Racing in our effort to get the Ocean State composting! Check out the Ocean Lovers Guide to Compost!