Newfoundland & Labrador Composting Co-operative

Building healthier soils
and communities together.

JOIN THE COMPOSTING CO-OP

Become part of a movement that’s turning organics into opportunity and wealth.

Connect with a network of like-minded individuals, businesses, municipalities, and organizations committed to turning organics management into a source of jobs and revenues under a co-operative model that meets the community's needs, prioritizes social and environmental well-being and fosters resource stewardship.

Membership opens the door to shared resources, education, and innovative solutions for managing organics, benefiting both your local economy and the environment.

Together, we can build partnerships, grow stronger communities, and leave a lasting positive impact on the land we all share. Let’s transform organics into shared wealth—join us today and shape the future of composting in Newfoundland and Labrador!

What we do

The NL Composting Co-operative is a resource station that supports individuals and organizations interested in developing their own grassroots, small-scale composting sites and programs within their communities.

Site Development

Mapping our needs from start to finish.

  • Consulting services to assist with accessing funding, business plans, and logistics or operation of composting sites

    • Grant applications and logistical operations of organics collection (i.e. site development and community curbside pickup services)

    • Reporting (including social, economic, and environmental benefits)

    • Understanding Labour Market Information

  • Partnership brokering (establishing, maintaining, and leveraging ‘Waste Reduction Partnerships’)

  • Workshops and training

Compost Literacy & Education

Educating our family, friends, neighbours, and politicians.

  • Educational resources 

  • Promotional materials 

  • Workshops

  • Programming and program design (including after-school programs/summer camps)

  • Customized small-scale composting toolkits (e.g. infographics, social media content, etc.)

Data & Research

Measuring, sharing, and advocating for our operations' positive impact.

  • Measuring and tracking data

    • Compost production, quality indicators, etc. 

    • Greenhouse Gas reductions

    • Financial savings (i.e. tipping fee reductions, operational capacity building)

  • Case studies (demonstrating waste management cost reduction) 

  • Capacity to present data publicly

  • Advocacy (Municipalities, Local Service District, Provincial, Federal)

Who we are

The NL Composting Co-operative aims to provide a comprehensive platform enabling members to shape the composting movement in Newfoundland and Labrador by sharing resources and services such as compost literacy and educational materials, data and research, and site development.

MISSION

The NL Composting Co-operative is a resource platform for communities to come together and explore grassroots solutions to organics management.

VISION

Small-Scale Composting empowers collective action and becomes an organic part of every community.

VALUES

Climate Justice

Oneness

Mindfulness

Partnerships

Openness

Stewardship

Transparency

Inclusion

Nourishment

Grassroots

Our history

An informal NL Community Composting Network sprouted in March 2023 inspired by existing small-scale composting programs in NL and recognizing the urgency, need, and support to enhance and replicate this model.

For over a year, the Steering Committee, made up of people from across the province, focused their vision on empowering collective climate action through small-scale community composting. 

In January 2024, the Steering Committee was accepted to the Incubator Pilot Program by the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Co-operatives. The incubator was a robust six-month program involving training and workshops, mentoring teams, coworking and peer support opportunities, and access to funding for incorporation and start-up assistance.

We officially became a co-operative in August 2024, and we’re excited to start growing and adding to our network.

Have you noticed that, as a composting movement, we don’t use the term ‘waste’ or ‘organic waste’?

Instead, we use the term ‘organics’, because there's no such a thing as waste… just wasted resources.

Language determines how we perceive the world. Our movement is changing the way we see organics.

Rethink organics.
Revitalize communities.
Reclaim the future.

Become a member, shape composting in NL, and let’s build partnerships, grow stronger communities, and leave a lasting positive impact.

Let’s transform organics into wealth —join us today!