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No more dumping food or flowers! From weddings and galas to brand events and supper clubs, we know events can end up more wasteful than you think.

Our team can handle event breakdowns, compost pickups and food donations for events of all sizes. We especially love working with florists, caterers, venues and event planners 📆

Get in touch about your event now and we’ll send an estimate ASAP!

Brownstone front door and entryway with compost bin

Events love us...

Fridge with compostable food containers inside

We rely upon Groundcycle's compost pickup program to close the loop for all our full service events, ensuring that our efforts to source compostable solutions and carefully sort our waste are not in vain!

Katy McNulty
Pixie Scout, Director of Operations
Groundcycle volunteers posing next to composting bags

Working with Groundcycle has literally changed my business... Not only do they make composting and breaking down events seamless, but they are also kind and lovely people. As a business owner, it's so important to have people you can trust around you. I can't recommend Groundcycle enough.

Molly Ford
Flowers by Ford, Founder
Groundcycle volunteers surrounded by composting bags and bins full of flowers

Vivian and the Groundcycle Team were the absolute best to work with! They thoughtfully broke down dozens of floral arrangements and centerpieces and were incredibly flexible to assist where needed on the night of the Orchid Gala.

Teagan Lynch
New York Botanical Garden, Special Events Coordinator
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Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the benefit of working with Groundcycle?

We have a flexible program and work hard to meet all your needs. We offer scheduled compost pickups where you bag up the compost and we’ll pick it up at a scheduled time. We are happy to provide bins, training, signage and any other help to ensure the collection is successful.

For full service floral breakdowns, we arrive with our staff to make sure everything is sorted properly. Organics will go to our farm partner and hard goods will be returned to you—let us finish the job for you!

When you compost with us, we also help you donate any surplus food or hard goods for free. To date, we’ve donated over 40,000 lbs of food to community fridges and diverted all kinds of hard goods from landfill!

How much does it cost?

For a scheduled pickup after your event, our rate starts at $100. Additionally, there is a fee for processing the scraps ($30 per 23 gal bag of food waste or $40 per 30 gal lawn bag of floral waste). A drop off of supplies before the event or hands-on help during the event might incur extra costs.

For florists: Full service eco-breakdowns start at $300. This includes one person and hard goods return. Each additional person needed is $150 extra + each lawn bag filled costs $40 for us to compost.

If you want to do the right thing, we’ll do our best to work within your budget and meet your needs so please reach out! Truly. We are here for you.

What can I compost from my event?

Food, flowers, any organic matter! We can even take BPI certified compostable serviceware. We love working with event planners to make sure all organics from an event are saved from landfill, and if you’re a florist or caterer, we’re happy to work with you directly as well. After the event, we’ll report back on how many pounds of waste you’re able to divert with our farmers.

Have more questions?

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Or reach out to us at  thedirt@groundcycle.org!