Composting & Food Waste Diversion in NH
Helping residents and municipalities find composting and food waste diversion options in the Granite State.
Food Waste: Let's Talk About It
Food waste accounts for 24% of municipal solid waste (EPA, 2018). It's heavy, smelly, and takes up valuable space in landfills and incinerators.
Over the past few years, as more attention has been paid to getting food waste out of the municipal waste stream, food scrap composting has become easier in NH with changes to municipal and commercial composting regulations.
The following story map will walk you through options including on-farm composting, residential pick-up, municipal composting, and anaerobic digestion.
Compost Service Locator
The Compost Service Locator allows you to put in your address and see what compost or food scrap diversion options may be near to you.
If you would like to explore other options, check out the on-farm composting, residential pick-up, and municipal drop-off options listed in the story map menu or keep scrolling.
On-Farm Composting
Farms can be wonderful partners and serve as great locations for community composting operations. The following map walks through on-farm composting options within NH.
Residential Pick-Up
Sometimes it's easier for a household to have food waste picked up and processed elsewhere through commercial composting. The following map walks through pick-up options in New Hampshire, highlighted by service area.
If your residence is located within a service area, you can contact the listed composter for residential pick-up service!
Municipal Drop-Off
Several New Hampshire towns now offer food scrap drop off at their local facility, which is then composted on site or sent through a commercial composter or anaerobic digester. The map below will walk you through Municipal drop off options that may be in or near your community.
*Some towns have food scrap drop-off locations in other areas of town, not at the transfer station. These are indicated with an asterisk following the town name and may require an additional subscription to use.
For more information about how municipalities can effectively implement a compost or food waste diversion program within a town or city, check out the NRRA Composting Toolkit , designed for transfer stations and municipalities.