I recently moved to the area and noticed there is not a city collection for compost. Knowing there…read morewas a robust urban garden community here, surely there was composting services. After some googling, I found Midtown and loved their business model so I signed up. It's $16 a month plus a $5 start up fee and in exchange, I get a 5lb bucket to put compost items in, it gets picked up weekly and replaced with a clean bucket. In addition, I get a few buckets of finished compost in April or May, which will be perfect as that is the perfect time to start my own little garden. If you don't want your finished compost you can donate it to a community garden of your choice. Though I've only been a customer for a couple weeks, I'm thoroughly impressed. I signed up late on a Tuesday night and my new bucket was on my porch THE NEXT MORNING! I feel serious hippie-guilt if I have to throw away anything compostable so this was brilliant. And I put my bucket out the following Tuesday night and by Wednesday midday, I had a fresh bucket waiting on the porch. Excellent service so far and I'm glad to be supporting a small business and the environment at the same time.

Signed up for services on June 8th, was charged...it's now July 17th and I have yet to receive my…read morebucket or any services. I was however charged for my 2nd month of services. I have left probably 6 voicemails, I have also emailed 10 or so times. Have not heard one word back. I will now have to go and close down my bank account and open a new one because I don't want to be charged for a service I am not receiving.

Excellent community service to have available for old electronics and Finally, a free confidential…read moresekf-paper shredding service (has restrictions). Every community should have this.

The staff that works here are very helpful. They take a great deal of recycled materials including…read morestyrofoam, paper, old paint and other chemicals, metal appliances and electronics and old medications. They have a very quick paper shredder. An appointment needs to be made on their web site. It is a great thing to have a site that takes so many things to recycle and the price is right! (free)