2023年3月3日

洛克維爾，馬裏蘭州，Compost Crew公司，大西洋中部最大的食品廢料回收公司，又一個創紀錄的增長年。該公司在2021年收集的食物垃圾數量增加了一倍多，達到1500多萬磅。馬裏蘭州的一項新法律要求大型食物垃圾製造者轉移他們的食物殘渣，這有助於推動服務的商業客戶數量增長50%以上，包括公寓樓、酒店、醫院、雜貨店和學校。去年新的商業客戶包括Whole Foods Market、Hungry Harvest和馬裏蘭動物園。Compost Crew還與MedStar Health和喬治華盛頓大學等現有客戶取得了顯著增長。Compost Crew還與當地市政當局合作，為居民推出或擴大堆肥。在為居民提供食物殘渣投放點數年後，學院公園市於2022年底開始了路邊收集試點。學院公園的公共工程主管Robert L. Marsili Jr.說:“堆肥團隊使學院公園市很容易啟動路邊食物廢料收集計劃，現在每周為220多個家庭提供方便的服務。”“我們很高興看到這種夥伴關係增加了從垃圾填埋場轉移的食物垃圾數量。”該公司於去年年初成為公益企業，將對當地環境的承諾寫入了法律。 Compost Crew hired a director of community relations and ramped up its education efforts throughout the DMV. The team participated in over 60 community events and farmer's markets, educating a wide range of audiences about the benefits of composting food scraps. The company also donated thousands of dollars of free services to area schools and non-profits. Compost Crew worked in partnership with local farms, opening two new Compost Outposts® in collaboration with Butler's Orchard and ECO City Farms . These modular food scrap composting sites are built rapidly, and aim to promote distributed composting around the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The Outpost at ECO City Farms is the first to operate with a renewable energy source, solar panels. The company's original Outpost at One Acre Farm in Dickerson, Md. was featured during an episode of Maryland Farm & Harvest , a Maryland Public Television series. Compost Crew has also added a new drop-off location in Brentwood, Md. in partnership with miXt Food Hall. This brings the total number of subscription drop-off locations to three. To keep pace with the significant growth at the company, Compost Crew continued building its fleet of collection vehicles and hired two people in key leadership roles. Marcia Guzy, the new director of human relations, has 25 years of human relations experience at companies like IMCORP and Community Health Center Inc.. And Flavio Goncalves became director of operations, bringing over a decade in the waste management industry, most recently as a district manager at Waste Management. Last May, Compost Crew raised an oversubscribed $5.5M Series A investment to support its expansion plans. Despite the challenges of the current economy, with a tight labor market, high inflation, and supply chain disruptions, Compost Crew continues to gain traction. "We are committed to helping this region divert even more organic waste to be composted, reducing dependence on landfills and incinerators, and revitalizing our area's soils." said Compost Crew CEO Ben Parry. "We will never compromise on that commitment. The hard work of our employees and the support of our customers are continuing to have a positive impact on the planet!" About Compost Crew Compost Crew Inc., A Benefit Corporation is the leading organics recycling company in the DMV. The company provides simple and convenient composting solutions to thousands of businesses, organizations and residential customers throughout Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.