About Us

 

We are Philadelphians committed to composting!

We believe that composting is essential to a green and sustainable future - and that it can be FUN and rewarding.

Organizations we Support

Here is a list of organizations whose missions we support.  Listing here does not indicate that they have endorsed us or this website. Please let us know who we’ve missed and how they support composting.

  1. Clean Air Council

  2. Clean Water Action

  3. Friends of the Wissahickon

  4. GRID (sustainability magazine for Philly)

  5. Next Great City

  6. PennFuture



Contact us

Email

realperson@phillycompost.com


Phone

215-703-SOIL (7645)


Retail / Marketing Location

7102 Germantown Avenue in Mt Airy

home of Philly Electric Wheels


Finance Office - use for all snail mail

250 Batleson Road

Ambler, PA 19002


To Pay by Credit Card:

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News & Media Coverage Winning essay proposes that all restaurants be required to compost January 2011 Isabella (Izzy) Richter and 350 other 5th graders participated in PA Rep. Tim Briggs’ "There Ought to be a Law" essay contest. The topic was the environment. Izzy was selected as the winner. She went out into the real world and had a hands-on experience on how this can be done, visiting Philly Compost and The Night Kitchen Bakery. Ligia Richter accompanied Izzy and created a terrific slideshow with music. Enjoy it on her website by clicking this link! GRID Philly magazine profiles Philly Compost June 2010 In its annual Food issue, GRID magazine’s Intersections/Local Business feature profiles Philly Compost! Using GRID’s really nice online reader, flip to page 6 and read “Black Gold: a local company helps businesses jump on the composting bandwagon.” Or you can click here to download a pdf of the article. CBS-3’s Green Scene features our Compost Map May 2009 Local television station CBS-3 filmed Philly Compost co-founders and student Green Team members at the Lutheran Theological Seminary talking about the importance of local composting and explaining how our Map got started. click here to see the clip Mayor’s Greenworks Philadelphia plan highlights Philly Compost 2009 Mayor Nutter’s plan to make Philadelphia the greenest city in America includes a reference to our Compost Map and promotes neighborhood-scale composting projects. click here to visit the Greenworks site; download the full report and see page 38http://www.ligiarichter.com/Home/Music_Slideshows/Pages/Izzys_Hands-on_Composting.htmlhttp://www.gridphilly.com/digital-edition/june-2010-015.htmlhttp://www.gridphilly.com/digital-edition/june-2010-015.htmlUs_files/grid_2010.06_BlackGold.pdfhttp://cbs3.com/greenscene/philly.compost.map.2.1010560.htmlhttp://www.phila.gov/green/greenworks/2009-greenworks-report.htmlhttp://www.phila.gov/green/greenworks/2009-greenworks-report.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6
Speaking Engagements & Invited Exhibits DVGBC’s Green Health Care Circle: Hospital Waste Roundtable June 2011 Invited Roundtable Participant at event hosted at WM’s Recycle America facility Essene Market - Wednesday Night Lecture July 2010 “Renew Your Soul, Renew Your Soil: Why Compost Matters” Chestnut Hill Garden Festival - Eco Alley exhibit May 2010 Exhibit space sponsored by The Night Kitchen, award-winning bakery, Philly Compost customer and generous supporter! Widener University Sustainability Workshop: Panelist April 2010 Event sponsored by Widener University’s School of Business Administration. Presentation and Q&A session discussing Philly Compost’s “triple bottom line” approach to business. Compost Matters Workshop exhibitor April 2010 At this day-long event sponsored by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Institute for Local Self Reliance, the featured speaker was Will Allen from Growing Power. Philly Compost was one of a handful of local organizations invited to share information. Urban Agriculture Workshop session: Neighborhood Composting February 2010 Weekend workshop sponsored by Penn State Cooperative Extension and held at the Community College of Philadelphia’s Center for Business and Industry. Lively session outlined various technologies for community garden-scale composting and the pros and cons of each. Eco Expo at Congregation Beth Or exhibit January 2010 A community-focused event providing a wide range of information booths and items for sale. http://www.nightkitchenbakery.com/shapeimage_4_link_0

Jennifer Spencer

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  1. Pennsylvania Environmental Council

  2. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

  3. Penn State Cooperative Extension

  4. RecycleNOW

  5. Urban Sustainability Forum


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