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Composting in Cincinnati

Queen City Commons provides compost service to greater Cincinnati’s businesses, residents, and municipalities. If you need to compost your food scraps, whether at home, your workplace, or your next event, we’re here to help.

All the food scraps we collect are composted locally with farms and gardens. These farms and gardens, in turn, use this compost to help feed our neighbors. Learn more about our composting site partners here.

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Commercial Compost Collection

Your organization’s food scraps deserve to live a second life and have so much potential. Our commercial compost service sets you and your staff up with clean, easy collection, so you can keep working on what you know best with the peace of mind knowing that your food scraps are being composted responsibly.

Residential Compost Drop-off

Our growing residential drop-off program makes composting your household’s food scraps easy and affordable. Our sliding-scale payment model ensures compost drop-off remains accessible to all households. Explore our ever-expanding list of locations around Cincinnati, making drop-off even more convenient for you.

Event Compost Collection

Get your next event one step closer to zero-waste. We offer options for budget-conscious events that still want to divert their food scraps, and events where we take the dirty work right out of your hands so you don’t have to think about it.


Education and Outreach

We love talking compost! Let us help share the curiosities, impact, and joy of composting with your classroom, neighborhood, or organization. We offer a Composting 101 presentation, as well as more in-depth presentations and workshops, customizable to your group.