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About Us

Key Compostables is a shop launched in 2019 by the team at Key City Compost, a Maryland based composting company. We started in 2017 as a residential service company, picking up buckets of food waste from residents in and around our hometown of Frederick, Maryland. Shortly after launching our service, we got a bigger truck and started picking up from schools, offices, grocers, and restaurants. This broad involvement in the world of food exposed us to the difficulties in implementing sustainable practices. We were thrilled to be making great progress in building local infrastructure for landfill alternatives by composting! Good. Great! So what's next?

in July of 2019 with a goal to make it easier for our local sustainability partners to get their restaurants and cafes away from single use plastics. As the year went on, we continued to grow this offering and absolutely loved how it facilitated a deeper connection to our existing customers.

Most large food-sector distributors have high order minimums, complicated supply chains, monthly "membership" fees, and often expensive freight costs. Key Compostables is committed to making it easier and more affordable to source renewable and sustainable products without the hassle of a mainline distributor.

Our store was started by, and is still run today by the same team that manages our compost hauling and processing division, Key City Compost. Click here to learn more about the amazing individuals that make the Key Compost offerings possible.

Always compostable.
Feed People Not Landfills.

Certifications

At Compost Crew, we are dedicated to the success of our customers. We help residents, businesses and other organizations of all sizes to reduce waste by composting.

Acceptable Compostable Certifications

  • BPI Certified
  • TUV (OK compost Home & Industrial)
  • CMA
  • Din Certco
  • Din-Gepruft industrial compostables
  • ABA (AS 4736 or AS 5810)
  • International Standards ISO 17088, ISO 18606, EN 13432, EN 14995 and AS 4736

Compost Crew does not accept compostable plastics that are not certified by these above brands for the health of our finished product and local soil. American certifications (D6400 and ISO 17088) have yet to incorporate the testing needed to be safe and equivalent to the above testing, thus additional certification via the above brands are required.”