What we do
We make composting effortless by providing you with a sturdy kitchen bucket to collect your food scraps all week long. On a designated day each week (or every other week, depending on your plan) we’ll pick up your filled bucket and swap it out for a fresh, clean container so you can keep composting without missing a beat. If you prefer, you can also drop off your bucket at the farmers market on Saturdays. We then turn your food scraps into nutrient-rich compost, closing the loop and enriching our local soils.
Who we are and why this is our mission
I founded Worms Waste Not, LLC, (WWN) in 2024. I moved to Oneonta, NY in 2021, unsure what I would be doing. A friend of mine who I had spoken to about my concerns gave me a magnet with a quote from Meister Eckhart: And suddenly you know. It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. So that’s what I did.
What unites all the people of this region is that everyone seems to be ‘green.’ From the farms to the towns, everyone appreciates our beautiful landscape. Family farms, beautiful parks and wilderness areas, and backyard gardens abound. The idea of providing food scrap hauling for compost came from a recent graduate of SUNY Oneonta who I met soon after we moved. He had recently begun a food scrap hauling business so we signed on as early customers. Then, he and his wife had to move from the area due to personal reasons. When I expressed my disappointment that we would no longer have his services, my daughters suggested to me that I consider taking on the role. After some investigation and a steep learning curve, I felt ready to open WWN.
Yeobo, my dog, comes along for the ride. Plus, he loves the smell of compost. If I’m being honest, he also loves the taste of compost juice.
– Rachel Frick Cardelle, Founder of WWN
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Do you have questions about the services we offer?
wormswastenot@gmail.com
Fun Fact! Worms eat food scraps and turn them into nutrient-rich, biologically beneficial soil product… i.e. compost! This is one way to compost food scraps called “vermicomposting”. Worms waste not!
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