FAYETTEVILLE FOOD WASTE COLLECTION TRIAL
SUSTAINABILITY STARTS WITH COMMUNITIES.
The City of Fayetteville is committed to creating a greener future for Fayetteville residents.
Through an affiliation with the City of Fayetteville and Ozark Compost & Swap, a pilot program is being launched to provide the Fayetteville residents the opportunity to experience curbside food waste collection.
Your participation and feedback is important to the future of implementing a city-wide curbside food waste collection program.
1. Sign up on the form below.
2. We'll reach out to confirm your pickup dates via email.
3. A 5-gallon bucket will be dropped off at your home.
4. Your bucket will be swapped out with a clean bucket every two weeks.
5. Participants will receive text notifications the evening before their collection and the next morning as reminders.
6. Each resident will receive one drop-off, and two bucket collections.
7. Before your final bucket collection residents will have the option to continue services with Ozark Compost or elect to opt out.
There are no commitments or payments required during your first month.
- Your participation
- Your feedback after the trial
- Whether you'd like to continue services
- Return all buckets after the trial if opting out
How Pickups Work
The trial program is a one-month initiative in partnership with Ozark Compost and the City of Fayetteville, aimed at helping residents experience the benefits of composting at home.
No payment is required for the trial, just your participation once selected.
Your trial will last one month long, this will include your first drop-off and two pickups, including your final pickup.
Selected participants will receive an email confirmation with details on their first pickup day and instructions for getting started.
At the end of the trial, you’ll have the option to continue as a paying customer. We'll send an email out the week before your final pickup with more information to signup.
Pickups are scheduled every two weeks on your designated pickup day. Participants will receive text reminders the night before to ensure their bucket is set out on time.
No, pickup days are designated based on location.
For the trial period, each participant is provided with only one bucket. After the trial participants may choose between biweekly or weekly frequencies for pickups.
If you decide to end your trial early please contact us here and we will pickup your bucket on your next designated pickup day.
All food waste is delivered to the City of Fayetteville Compost facility to be properly composted and diverted from the landfill.
Yes, The City of Fayetteville will be offering back compost seasonally to Ozark Compost customers. More details to come.
There are two options for pricing: The biweekly pickup is $25.99 every four weeks and the Weekly pickup is $35.99 every four weeks. You can also see all pricing here: Pickup plans.
All payments are automatically charged every four weeks on Friday, through credit/debit cards, Shop Pay, or Apple Pay.
You can contact us through the chat icon at the bottom right corner of the website or email us here: Contact Us.