Andy Brooks started Bootstrap Compost in January 2011. He'll pick up your compost on foot, by bike or on the T.
Bootstrap Compost is the brainchild of Andy Brooks. In January 2011, the longtime JP resident launched the service. Bootstrap Compost will pick up discarded food waste at your home, and turn your garbage into rich garden compost. The idea occurred to Brooks while visiting Montpelier, Vermont, where he was inspired by a similar service called Earthgirl Composting. Brooks, who has worked as a writer, musician, and started a t-shirt company, explained that he was tired of looking for work for more than a year. “I called it Bootstrap because it was a way of empowering myself and the community with everyone doing their part,” he said. Prices for the service start at $8 for a pick-up every two weeks. (Customers who contract for extended 8 or …
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c.madison
9:47 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
This is a great service, Andy, that makes me feel good. Living in apartment with no possibility for composting! My beautiful wastes combine with other beautiful wastes and become gorgeous rich compost for growing - fruits, vegetables, herbs, houseplants, etc. Thank you, Andy, for this superior and environmentally brilliant service! Carolyn more ›