Like other food scrap home pickup services in the Triangle, The ReCollective partners with Brooks Contractor. Brooks Contractor is a leading commercial composter in the region.

Our Hard-To-Recycle pickup service handles a wide range of materials, including scrap metal, certain hazardous items, and high-volume materials like Styrofoam and plastic film. Due to space limitations in common areas, exposure to the elements, and the varying types of materials customers generate, a pickup model works best for collecting Hard-To-Recycle materials.

If you’re a current Hard-To-Recycle member living in a community with Community Composting, please email help@therecollective.co to sign up. 

Locking the Community Compost collection cart helps prevent contamination from individuals unfamiliar with composting, especially at visible community drop-off sites. The lock also ensures that only registered members have access to the cart space.

New members who sign up for both Community Compost drop-off and Hard-To-Recycle doorstep services will automatically receive a discount, reflected in the combined price. Existing members who would like to add Community Compost to their Hard-To-Recycle plan can email help@therecollective.co to sign up and access the discount.

Yes! While many communities choose HOA-owned properties, such as recreational club parking spaces, communities without these facilities have other options. Depending on your neighborhood, it may be possible to host a Community Compost drop-off site in your driveway.

Community Composting is a new service at The ReCollective, and we are exploring options to offer compost return and/or specialty recycling services to Community Compost drop-off members in the future.

Yes, at least five committed members are needed to host a Community Compost drop-off site in your community.

Compost is collected weekly when 10 or more members are participating. For neighborhoods with 5 to 9 members, collection is bi-weekly. Please note that service days may occasionally shift.

You can find a Purple Bin at your neighborhood’s designated drop-off location. While using the Purple Bin is encouraged, you may collect your compostables in any container that suits you. Many members also use countertop bins or other repurposed containers for convenience.

No, liners aren’t required, but they can help keep your bin clean. If you choose to use a liner, please avoid bioplastics, as our composter no longer accepts them. Compostable paper bags or regular grocery bags work best.

Each month, your community’s impact statistics are updated on your personalized Community Dashboard, showing how many pounds of waste have been diverted from landfills. We encourage you to share these statistics with friends and neighbors to spread awareness about the positive impact you’re making!