Compost & Food Waste Companies in Illinois

Located in Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood is a vacant brownfield site that until recently had been contaminated for nearly 100 years and was not fit for use. This is the future home of the Green Era Campus: 9 acres of vacant land transformed into a vibrant renewable energy facility and…

WasteNot was founded in 2015 right here in Chicago. Since then, we have been servicing Chicagoland residents, schools, businesses, and events using an 100% electric fleet. OUR STORY. WASTENOT COMPOST IS THE NATION’S ONLY ZERO-EMISSIONS COMPOST COLLECTION SERVICE FOR HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND EVENTS.…

Garden Prairie Organics is a family business founded in 2009. We have always been a believer in the benefits of compost. We have been using compost in our tree nursery, Garden Prairie Nursery, since 2007. We decided we should explore the idea of processing compost for ourselves after hearing so many…

Our History From the beginning, ReFED has sought to bring new philanthropic and investment capital, along with technology, business, and policy innovation, to the food waste challenge. ReFED launched in 2015 as a collaboration of more than 30 industry, nonprofit, foundation, and government leaders committed…

Teinnovations is a best-in-class packaging solution provider. Many people talk about being customer centric, but in practice, customers often feel their needs are overlooked. To truly put the customer first means our first task is to be a good listener. We listen to our customer’s needs, concerns,…

Founded in 2011, The Urban Canopy is pioneering the local food cycle to create a more sustainable and equitable food system in Chicago. We are growers, distributors, composters and community members who seek to positively impact our city’s environment, people’s health, and local economy.…

Zutat provides pre-consumer food waste removal and recycling services to food manufacturing and distribution centers throughout the Midwest. Food grade by-product is manufactured into dry bakery meal, which is sold to local farmers to improve the viability of their operations through an economical source…

MINDFUL WASTE WAS BORN ON A WORM FARM IN THE CHICAGO SUBURBS, AND RAISED IN SCHOOL CAFETERIAS. Jennifer, a zoologist and educator, was pursuing a masters in conservation biology when she honed in on the school cafeteria as a major source of food waste. She timed cafeteria lines and conducted waste audits…

Compost is composed of organic materials derived from plant and animal matter that has been decomposed through natural processes. The process of composting is simple and practiced by individuals in their homes, farmers on their land, and industrially by cities and factories. Compost is rich in nutrients…

The rendering industry is one of the oldest recycling industries, and made possible the development of a large food industry. The industry takes what would otherwise be waste materials and makes useful products such as fuels, soaps, rubber, plastics, etc. At the same time, rendering solves what would…

Midwest Bio-Systems (MBS) was founded by Edwin J. Blosser to supply the needs of the emerging sustainable agriculture market by providing the best compost windrow turners and other equipment, as well as the knowledge needed to economically implement sustainable, organic growing practices. Midwest Bio-Systems…

Compost Supply uses a formula  to combine landscape waste, food scrap and stable bedding to create quality  end product  compost. We maintain  a strict quality standards and testing. This results in a consistency of color, texture, stability, organic content and pH levels in our…

About Us Midwest Compost LLC, is an IEPA permitted disposal facility for yard waste and clean wood waste materials. Midwest Compost LLC is also an approved marshalling facility for Emerald Ash Borer contaminated wood in full compliance of the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Insect Pest &…