We are a worker-owned and operated residential compost collection service that uses cargo bicycles to haul food scraps from your kitchen to local composting sites in Santa Cruz. We believe that the resilience of our communities is inseparable from the health of the land we live on. Transforming our food waste into fertile compost is one small way we can collectively nurture the land in the midst of global environmental crisis, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and sequester carbon in the soil.
Why Hard Core?
Hard Core Compost and the City of Santa Cruz both collect food scraps. However, we offer clear benefits over the city’s collection program!
Hard Core Compost uses bikes and trailers to collect food scraps right from your doorstep. We can also break down your PLA, PHA, and fiber-based packaging. Dispose of your compostable packaging the right way by turning it into nutrient rich soil! Sign up now for weekly pickups and get a free gallon of finished compost every month!
Note: please check your packaging to make sure it is TUV or BPI certified before putting it in your compost bucket.
Hard Core Compost in the News!
https://kzsc.org/blog/2022/03/11/unearthing-hardcore-compost-santa-cruz/
https://www.goodtimes.sc/columns/hard-core-compost/
https://ksqd.org/sustainability-now-sunday-february-20th-from-food-waste-to-soil-at-hard-core-compost/
https://thecabrillovoice.com/compost-crusaders/
https://sustainablesystemsfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bioplastics.pdf
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HCC and the Hub for Sustainable Living
Hard Core Compost LLC’s office is located at 703 Pacific Avenue, in the community center known as the Santa Cruz Hub for Sustainable Living. The Hub is a community center and 501(c)3 non-profit based in Santa Cruz, CA. Sustainable living includes skill-building, appropriate and affordable re/use of resources, human-powered transportation, building solidarity among communities, and nurturing creative culture. The Hub supports a broad constellation of independent, interrelated projects by providing space at it’s community center, and/or fiscal sponsorship as a non-profit umbrella organization. The Hub’s projects provide access to space, resources, and educational opportunities through demonstration, outreach, and hands-on learning. Learn more at http://www.santacruzhub.org/ – you can also visit @santacruzhub on Instagram and Facebook.