Greener Bay Compost

06/03/2026

The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology at UW-Stevens Point is one of eight labs in the country able to verify products as BPI Certified Compostable. The lab mainly works with food service products, compostable plastic bags and pouches for coffee.

The lab tests products for how well they break down and how beneficial the material is for plants.

06/03/2026

Should do something about all these Wisconsin restaurants cutting through plastic stickers and into the food they serve their customers...

DATCP’s Division of Food and Recreational Safety Division regulates the entire food chain, from the agricultural producer to the consumer. This is a comprehensive approach to food safety issues that affect producers, processors, distributors, retailers, and consumers. Learn more at: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/FoodAndRecSafety.aspx. 🥬🍅🥔

06/03/2026

Stories like this highlight why LEGITIMATE Community Composting organizations like Greener Bay Compost, which provide consistent, reliable, five-star service to the communities we serve, are so valuable, and why local governments and organizations should show us a lot more respect.

Look at what is going on in , .

This is what happens when governments hire amateurs, fly-by-night operations, and unserious compost haulers to do the work they should be giving to reputable organizations like ours. ...and sometimes a lot less than that! 🤦‍♂️

"The city of Dearborn Heights demanded a $13,000 deduction from Priority Waste and is withholding a $250,000 payment after widespread delays in compost, recycling and bulk pickups, the city said. Neighborhoods across the city have brown paper bags full of compost sitting curbside uncollected, Mayor Mo Baydoun said."

To read this complete CBS News article and watch the related video story, visit: https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/dearborn-heights-compost-recycling-pickup-delays-priority-waste/

06/03/2026

Stories like this highlight why LEGITIMATE Community Composting organizations like Greener Bay Compost, which provide consistent, reliable, five-star service to the communities we serve, are so valuable, and why local governments and organizations should show us a lot more respect.

Look at what is going on in , .

This is what happens when governments hire amateurs, fly-by-night operations, and unserious compost haulers to do the work they should be giving to reputable organizations like ours. ...and sometimes a lot less than that! 🤦‍♂️

"The city of Dearborn Heights demanded a $13,000 deduction from Priority Waste and is withholding a $250,000 payment after widespread delays in compost, recycling and bulk pickups, the city said. Neighborhoods across the city have brown paper bags full of compost sitting curbside uncollected, Mayor Mo Baydoun said."

Dearborn Heights is withholding a $250,000 payment and demanding a $13,000 deduction from Priority Waste after compost, recycling, and bulk pickups went uncollected for more than a week in some neighborhoods.

06/03/2026

Imagine if the City of Green Bay Government cared this much about keeping food waste out of our local landfills?

This is one of the most important things Green Bay residents can do to improve our recycling: keep plastic bags, wraps, and films out of the curbside recycling bin. Plastic bags get tangled in the sorting equipment at the recycling facility, causing slowdowns and damage that affect the entire process. The good news is that plastic bags can be recycled. Most major grocery stores have dedicated drop-off bins for plastic bags and film. Please use those, and keep your curbside bin free for the materials that belong there. Together, we can make sure more of what we collect actually gets recycled. ♻️

06/03/2026

And most major retailers plastic bag drop off programs are scams, unfortunately. This has been well documented by mainstream news.

This is one of the most important things Green Bay residents can do to improve our recycling: keep plastic bags, wraps, and films out of the curbside recycling bin. Plastic bags get tangled in the sorting equipment at the recycling facility, causing slowdowns and damage that affect the entire process. The good news is that plastic bags can be recycled. Most major grocery stores have dedicated drop-off bins for plastic bags and film. Please use those, and keep your curbside bin free for the materials that belong there. Together, we can make sure more of what we collect actually gets recycled. ♻️

06/03/2026

Glyphosate exposure was shown to impair honeybee foraging and change brain chemistry, potentially threatening colony health and pollination effectiveness.

New research suggests a widely used herbicide may have subtle but significant effects on honeybees.

06/02/2026

The corporations assessed in the report includes companies with Wisconsin operations such as Saputo Cheese, Tyson Foods, JBS, Hormel Foods, Dairy Farmers of America, and Nestle.

The world’s largest meat and dairy companies, many of which operate in Wisconsin, have made hundreds of claims that their practices are sustainable and promises of future climate protection initiatives. But a report released last month in the journal PLOS Climate found that hardly any of those cla...

06/02/2026

The world’s largest meat and dairy companies, many of which operate in Wisconsin, have made hundreds of claims that their practices are sustainable and promises of future climate protection initiatives. But a report released last month in the journal PLOS Climate found that hardly any of those claims are legitimate.

The world’s largest meat and dairy companies, many of which operate in Wisconsin, have made hundreds of claims that their practices are sustainable and promises of future climate protection initiatives. But a report released last month in the journal PLOS Climate found that hardly any of those cla...

06/02/2026

Did you know? At Greener Bay Compost, we weigh each of the hundreds of buckets we pick up from our Residential and Commercial Compost Pickup Service subscribers (www.GBCompost.com/Services) *individually*, so we know exactly how much food waste/scraps and associated organics we are diverting from our landfills! ⚖️

We then add up all the individual numbers to keep track of our total lifetime diversion number, which we proudly feature on both our homepage at www.GBCompost.com and on our Leaderboard at www.GBCompost.com/Leaderboard! 💪😁

The fact that we do this, or have the ABILITY to do this, is one of the reasons the use of our Award-Winning Services should be VERY ATTRACTIVE to governments and businesses/organizations that could be utilizing them, because it enables us to QUANTIFY / MEASURE our results (which is not something all compost organizations are willing or able to do), which said organizations could then promote at their meetings/conferences, in their employee newsletters, on their social media, and on their own websites! 📢 The fact that more organizations don't take advantage of this is, honestly, shocking to us! 🤯

On a related note: We don't include the weight of our buckets (which weight around 2.5 pounds each) when we record our bucket weights! We "tare" that off so we are recording only the weight of the compostables we're going to compost, and not exaggerating or overinflating our diversion numbers to make us look more "sustainable" than we are (like many "composters" do)!

That said, we are not only the BEST and ONLY Community Composter within 100 miles; we are also the most HONEST!