How it Works

sign up online and receive a 4-digit code to access the bins

collect your food-scraps at home

bring food-scraps to a drop-off bin

unlock bin with your 4-digit membership code, same at all locations

dump food-scraps into the bin and re-lock

reduce waste and nourish the environment!

sign-up includes discounts on soil and sustainability workshops.

Find the closest location to you by clicking here!

Want to buy a bucket and some compostable bags?

Buckets and RBR certified compostable bags can be purchased at all Phoenix Coffee Shops.

Drop-Off Locations

Eastside

• Bainbridge – Lowe’s Greenhouse

• Brecksville - Metroparks, Brecksville Nature Center

• Cleveland - Masjid Bilal

• Cleveland Heights - Marc’s Grocery Store Side Parking Lot off of Euclid heights Blvd. (across from the PEACE Park)

• Cleveland Heights - Church of the Saviour North Parking Lot

• Collinwood - Brick Ceramic and Design Parking Lot

• Cuyahoga Heights - Metroparks, Canalway Nature Center

• Downtown – RBR Headquarter

• Larchmere - Corner of Larchmere and 122

• Mayfield - Metroparks, North Chagrin Nature Center

• Mayfield Village, Mayfield Civic Center

• Orange Village, Orange Village Community Garden

• Shaker Hts. – Shaker Lakes Nature Center

• Shaker Hts. – The Dealership

• Shaker Hts. - Unitarian Universalist Congregation

• South Euclid - Bexley Park

• University Heights - Walter Stinson Community Park

Westside

• Avon Lake - Avon Lake City Building Department

• Bay Village East - Reese Park

• Bay Village West - Bay Lodge

• Berea - Berea Community Learning Farm

• Detroit Shoreway – Legacy Garden

• Fairview Park – City Hall

• Kamm’s Corners- Bethany English Lutheran Church

• Lakewood – Lakewood Park, Madison Park

• Ohio City - The Lofts/Phoenix Coffee

• Old Brooklyn - Six Shooter Coffee

• Parma - Metroparks, Watershed Stewardship Center

• Rocky River - City Hall

• Rocky River, Metroparks, Rocky River Nature Center

• Tremont – Visible Voice

• Westlake - Westlake Porter Public Library

Would you like a location near you?

Please fill out our Drop-Off Site Request Form to help us bring a drop-off location to your community sooner!

What’s Compostable?

• ANYTHING that was (or could have been) food

• Even things like meat, dairy and eggshells!

• Cups and packaging that are BPI Certified

You’ll get more guidance after signing up, but a good rule of thumb is: if Nature made it, it’s probably compostable.

Need more detail? Here’s an exhaustive list of items based on question we receive from members.

Looking for something even simpler?

Try a free monthof our weekly curbside pick-up service. We supply a new bucket each week. Just leave it outside your door and we’ll whisk it away.