Sustainable Verona Compost Pilot
🍎 Food waste makes up 25–30% of household trash.
♻️ The average American throws away approximately 219 pounds of food annually.
🌎 Reducing food waste helps conserve resources and lowers greenhouse gas emissions.
Thanks to grant funding, Verona Township and Sustainable Verona are launching a free municipal compost pilot program for Verona residents. Why Compost?
- Reduce Waste. Keep food scraps out of landfills.
- Fight Climate. Change Lower greenhouse gas emissions.
- Create Healthy Soil. Food scraps become nutrient-rich compost.
- Build Sustainable Habits. Small changes make a big impact.
The pilot provides an introduction to composting through a free, easy-to-use drop-off program with Java's Compost. Residents will have the opportunity to:
- Collect food scraps in their kitchen bucket, using certified compostable bags*
- Drop scraps at designated compost toters (list of locations below)
- Receive composting education
- Help Verona measure the community's impact (Java's Compost will provide #'s on how many pounds of food waste is being diverted)
*compostable bags can be purchased directly from Java's Compost as well as from a variety of other retailers.
How To Participate
Step 1 Register online with Java's Compost - Registration will open 10am on Thursday October 1st! (limited spots available)
Step 2 Attend mandatory virtual compost training on Monday, October 12th 7pm
Step 3 *Collect food scraps at home.
Step 4 Drop scraps at one of Verona's collection locations.
*free starter kits, which include 1-gallon plastic kitchen caddy (to collect your food scraps) and one roll of 2.5-gallon BPI-Certified Compostable bags (30 bags), will be available please specify if you would like one during registration.
Drop Off Locations
📍 Municipal Parking Lot #1 (Located off Park Place, Verona NJ)
📍 Verona Recycling Center (10 Commerce Ct, Verona NJ)
📍 Verona Community Center/ Behind Annex Building (880 Bloomfield Ave, Verona NJ)
What Can Be Composted?
Click image below to download composting guide
Learn Before Your Compost
Resource center coming soon, with downloadable compost guides, FAQs, webinars and training materials.
Compost Pilot Partners
