Contact:
Primary Media Contact:
Elena Lopez
Senior Communications Manager
[email protected]
(213) 632-8552
Social Media Accounts:
Instagram (@lacompost)
Threads (@lacompost)
Facebook (@L.A.CompostCA)
TikTok (@la_compost)
Assets Available for Use:
Interview Availability:
- Interviews with LA Compost Executive Director and other team members are available with advance notice. One week prior to the deadline at minimum is preferred.
- Please be aware of our peak busy season in the months of April and
October.
- We will do our absolute best to work with your timeline, however due to our capacity
we may not be able to meet short turnarounds less than 24 hours.
[Please Read] Basic Information & Media Guidelines:
- LA Compost is a non-profit community based organization. (501c-3) While we partner with municipalities such as the City of LA, we are not directly
affiliated with any city offices.
- LA Compost focuses on community composting, which brings together
individual community members to “self haul” their organic material to one of
our locations. LA Compost does not haul organics.
- We are LA Compost. Not Compost LA, LA Compostable, or “The LA Compost”.
- The LA in LA Compost is spelled without periods after L and A.
Quick Facts About LA Compost:
- LA Compost is a community-based non-profit organization that has been
managing community composting locations since 2013. (We are not a waste
hauler and we do not do pick-ups.)
- Community composting is the practice of diverting food waste in communal
green spaces such as community gardens, parks, schools, and churches.
- It invites community members to engage with and be responsible for their own
food waste while getting the benefits of finished compost for their home use.
- LA Compost operates a diverse network of 41 community composting
locations across LA County.
- In 2021 LA Compost opened its largest compost site yet Griffith Park.
- In 2023 LA Compost diverted 1.8 million pounds of food scraps from landfills.
- In our 10 years of operation we have diverted over 5 million pounds of organics from landfills.
**Program Information:
Compost Co-ops**
The Compost Co-op Program provides 50-100 households per location with a membership
that allows them to drop off kitchen organics waste and utilize finished compost at their
designated site location. As a membership requirement, Co-op members are responsible for
volunteering two hours per month to maintain their community composting infrastructure,
or pay a small donation if volunteer hours cannot be fulfilled. Locations include businesses,
churches, community gardens, parks, and open spaces.
Estimated Metrics per Site:
- 50-100 households served
- 10,000- 15,000 lbs of organics diverted annually
- 1,000-1,500 lbs of compost amendment created annually (10% of organics total)
- 500-1000 lbs of compost amendment provided to communities annually
- 0.55 metric tons/month of avoided CO2E emissions per location annually
