COMPOST FOR THE GREENER GOOD

UPCYCLE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS IN KANSAS CITY WITH KC CAN COMPOST

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About KC Can Compost

KC Can Compost is an innovative nonprofit enterprise committed to the transformation of Kansas City’s social and environmental landscapes.

We not only collect organic waste and divert it from the landfill for composting but also educate and train people struggling to overcome barriers to employment for work in green industry jobs. Two goods, one solution.

“By making this one small change in your kitchen, you can save money and strengthen our Kansas City community.”

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Shop smarter, waste less, and save more

It’s estimated that 75% of a kitchen’s food waste can be composted and turned back into healthy soil. When you compost, you not only save money on regular trash pick up, you’ll also see exactly which food items go unused in your kitchen. You can shop smarter, waste less, and save more.

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CREATE JOBS & boost the local economy

KC Can Compost trains and hires formerly homeless men and women to collect and compost food scraps and food waste. Composting with KC Can Compost means you’re enabling living wage jobs in a safe, therapeutic, and supportive work environment.

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DIVERT Waste, Help the environment

Each year, 52.4 million tons of food is sent to landfills where it rots and produces the dangerous gas methane. Methane is 21 times more harmful to the environment than CO2. KC Can Compost helps you decrease our city’s greenhouse gas emissions and reduce your carbon footprint.

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE is SOCIAL JUSTICE

KC Can Compost is committed to creating a healthy, sustainable, and just Kansas City by exposing injustices that result from economic inequality, prejudice, and policy. We work hand-in-hand with communities to expand awareness, provide education, promote leadership, and effect change. See our Green Core Training Program to learn more.

KC Can Compost by the Numbers

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5.1M

pounds of waste diverted from the landfill.

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3.6M

pounds of CO2 emissions decreased.

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305.1

American cars taken off the road for 1 year.

Upcoming Local Events

Check out our upcoming events on the calendar! Hover over dates that are highlighted grey to view upcoming events. We host virtual events as well as events around the Kansas City area.

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Green Core Training

KC Can Compost’s Green Core Training program utilizes the Roots of Success and Conover curricula to provide environmental literacy and work readiness training to individuals with barriers to employment. The program then provides assistance to program graduates to help them obtain green internships or jobs.

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