Turning local food scraps into fertile soil for a climate-ready North
We collect food waste from homes, businesses, and community sites across the North Country — transforming it into nutrient-rich compost that nourishes local farms and gardens. By keeping organic matter out of landfills, we cut methane emissions, build healthy soils, and strengthen our local economy from the ground up.
Join the movement — because waste isn’t waste when it feeds the soil.
Food scrap pick up
Serving the villages of Canton and Gouverneur
Residential food scrap pick up — as low as $12.50 per month when billed yearly
Have your food waste picked up every other week, we provide the bucket, you fill it, we switch it for a clean one on pick up day, you fill it, and so on.
Non-residential food scrap pick up - as low as $40 per month when billed yearly
Our goal is to make composting as easy as possible. We will tailor make a plan that works for you and your employees. Once you try it you won’t want to go back.
But what if I don’t live in the villages of Canton or Gouverneur or just don’t want a subscription service?
Live where you want, exchange your bucket on your schedule with the bucket exchange station in Canton.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Head on over to Coakley Home and Hardware during business hours
Buy a North Country Compost bucket
Fill the bucket with food scraps / organics
Bring your full bucket back to Coakley’s and exchange it for a fresh one
We’ll rinse, you repeat
