Contact:
Primary Media Contact:
Ryan Jackson
Executive Director
[email protected]
(415) 999-1492
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 Hubs**
The Compost Hubs 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. Compost Hub members are encouraged to
volunteer 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
