Club It Up with 700+ Residents
Join the party with folks all over the Omaha area who are curbing their carbon emissions while getting freebies and discounts on finished compost, soil blends, and mulch.
Collect your compostables at home, drop them off at one of our many sites, and let us do the work of breaking it down for you.
Ideal for those looking to compost food waste, non-recyclable paper, bio-plastics & other compostable take-out packaging. Plus getting sweet hook-ups on our products.
YOUR BENEFITS
HOW TO START
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Pick Subscription
There are annual rates, monthly rates, and specials for teachers, students, vets, military & seniors. Sign-up once and get auto-charged just like a Netflix subscription.
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Unlock Map
Once you become a member, you’ll get access to 45 drop-off sites through a members-only map with specific addresses & instructions.
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Sort at Home
Choose whatever container you prefer to store your compostables at home. We even take stuff you can’t compost in your own backyard. See FAQ section below for suggestions.
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Drop Anytime
You can use any site you like at any time. All materials must fit inside the carts. See FAQ section below for our excessive yard material option.
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Get Soil or Donate
Our team picks it up each week, transports it to our composting facility in Ashland, Nebraska, transforms it into finished compost, and then makes some available to you for pickup at our Soil Dynamics Yard in Downtown Omaha. Or you can donate your “soil credits” to qualifying community gardens during our spring Compost Club Gives campaign.
See FAQ section below for details on redeeming soil and using your 20% soil, compost, mulch discount.
That’s it!
Now just pick a subscription to start …
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How to Sponsor a Site
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Recommendation from UNMC Sustainability Manager Melanie Stewart
“With composting, it’s typical to hear concerns about rodents, bugs, or smells. But as my organization & others discovered, these concerns don’t typically materialize. With no direct cost to the sponsoring organization, no work involved for the staff, and no sanitary issues — this made sponsoring a site a pretty easy ‘yes’ for us. All while making industrial composting accessible to our campus community”
No Cost or Added Work
● Eligibility: businesses, schools, churches, or non-profit organizations can host. Must have room for 1 to 3 64-gallon carts (each 25’’ by 32’’) in a space that’s always accessible.
● Benefits: Be recognized by engaged eco-consumers as friendly to the environment while creating incentives for our members who use your location to patronize your business.
● Safety & Cleanliness: Carts are locked & only members have access. We’ve had no reports of illegal dumping or complaints with pests. Carts can be chained to existing structures to deter theft or toppling. Our team empties the carts & changes the bags once a week so your team doesn’t have to do anything.
● Accessibility: Only Compost Club members have access to carts. If your organization would like to dispose of compostables into Compost Club carts, contact us for price details.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Read this to go deeper and reach out if you don’t find the answer.
+ What materials do you accept for Compost Club? And how is that different that composting at home?
You're list of things you can safely & reasonably compost at home is pretty short; mostly fruit/vegetable scraps & yard material. But when you work with an industrial composter like us, you can compost just about anything that’s been alive once.
Download this guide and put it next to your container & check-out the extended list for more nuanced items.
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+ How do I separate & temporarily store my compostables?
Container: Find something you can place in your kitchen. Tips on picking the right container ...
- Free: Use any old trash can or container already sitting around. Works fine in the cold months to store up to a week. Expect fruit flies in warm months unless you're emptying into something outside daily.
- Fancy: This stainless steel compost bin looks great, has a charcoal filter to deter fruit flies, but at 1.3 gallons, isn't going to hold much, but may be a good companion for ...
- Or our favorite, this 5-gallon food-grade bucket & lid. There's enough volume to suffice most families for up to a week, and the lid deters fruit flies. The gamma lid screws on and off, but if you want something faster, try this airtight resealable lid.
Bags: We recommend these certified compostable bags. Whatever you get must be BPI certified compostable or just a plain paper brown bags.
But we don’t require you to use compostable bags, so feel free to save yourself some money and simply rinse your bucket out after you drop off.
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+ Where's the members-only map & why doesn't my password work to get access?
Here's the link. Or you can find it at the top right of this page by hovering your mouse over "Compost Club." If you need the password to the map, refer to the invoices we email you from maggie@hillside.solutions. It's a different password than the one to your personal account.
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+ How much can I drop off & what about yard waste?
Most drop-off sites have a volume capacity of 64-192 gallons. This works great for food waste, non-recyclable paper, and other small-item compostables.
If you have a large amount of yard material, say more than your typical 30-gallon yard waste bag, then we suggest bringing it to the Soil Dynamics Downtown Yard, which can take an unlimited amount of material.
So if you have tree branches or doing a big spring clean-up, this would be the place to take it (it's also where you redeem your soil). This site also accepts glass bottles & jars.
See the link for hours of operaiton. You can drop off during our off-hours, too. Just place next to the green carts. Otherwise if we're open, please come on in and say hello!
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+ How much soil do I get, when is it available to me, and where do I get it?
New, improved, and simplified offering: upon becoming a member, and every calendar year of membership after, you get 3-cubic feet of any soil blend, compost, or mulch. Plus 20% off any compost, soil, or mulch product we carry anytime of the year, as many times as you'd like.
Example: If you became a member in December, you can redeem product right away. Or if you wait until the spring, you'll actually get 6 cubic feet! Then your 3 cubic feet of product would refresh the next year.
Alternatively: Every spring, we offer Compost Clubbers a chance to donate unclaimed soil to food gardens at local schools, churches, and non-profits via our Compost Club Gives campaign.
Product available only at our Soil Dynamics Yard near downtown Omaha. Check this link for hours & location.
To redeem, fill-out the order form on this page and mention you're a member and would like to redeem your free product. You can also purchase any of our other soil, compost, or mulch products with your 20% discount.
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+ How do I update my credit card, change my membership type, or cancel?
As a means to protect your personal information, we can’t change your email address, log-in info, or subscription plan.
To make your own changes, click on "SIGN IN" or “MY ACCOUNT" at the top right of this page and use the account sign-in info you created upon your subscription purchase. Click Subscriptions. Click Payment Method. Click Update Payment Method.
For additional help, watch this video to see how to access or change your password.
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+ My password doesn't work. What should I do?
Currently there are two passwords to remember. One is the same password given to all members to log-in to the members-only map. You can find this in any one of the invoices we email to you each month from maggie@hillside.solutions. The other is the password/username you created when you signed up for your membershsip the first time. We don't know this password, but you can reset it if you forget. Just click on "SIGN IN" or "MY ACCOUNT" in the upper right hand corner of our website.
For additional help, watch this video.