Commercial Composting

Our customizable commercial service aims to make food scrap recycling simple for businesses and organizations of all sizes in WNY. Make the jump in diverting your food scraps from landfills by letting Farmer Pirates take care of your composting needs.

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Commercial composting is for

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    Who You Are

    Large and small businesses, organizations, institutions, cafes, restaurants, breweries, offices, bakeries, apartment buildings, and lots more.

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    Where You Are

    Buffalo, Kenmore, North Tonawanda, Tonawanda, Amherst, Williamsville, Cheektowaga, Lancaster, Depew, Hamburg, West Seneca, Orchard Park, Lockport, Pendleton, or East Aurora. Don’t see your area listed? Reach out, we may be able to service you!

Commercial composting Service Fees

  • Commercial Service Fees

    $15/1st tote
    $8/additional totes (per pickup)

    Our Commercial Composting Service includes:

    * Totes and liners

    * Yearly food scrap diversion report

    * Your logo on our Partner page

    * Social media post feature (FB & Instagram)

  • When signing up, you choose the number of totes and how often you’d like them emptied.

    We invoice you either monthly or quarterly—or get a 10% discount when you sign up for a full year.

    Not sure how many totes you need? We can help with that!

Here’s how it works

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    Sign Up

    Reach out by completing the Get Quote form and we will work together to determine what your business needs are.

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    Fill Up

    Tote(s) will be dropped off and we will give you all the details on your service—including some handy What to Compost signs!

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    Pick Up

    Once ready, we will add you to our pick up schedule. Your tote(s) will be emptied on a weekly, biweekly, or as-needed basis. Less waste and smooth sailing ahead!

Meet our commercial composting partners

Get A Quote

Start the sign up process by sharing some details about who you are and what you need!

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Learn about Our Compost Site

What happens to your food scraps after we collect them? We bring them to our site in Buffalo to begin the composting process!

Why Should You Compost?

Less trash. More food scraps kept out of landfills. Creation of a natural fertilizer. Healthier communities—and more.