The easiest way to compost in the DMV

The Mill food recycler makes it effortless and odorless to keep food waste out of landfill. Adding local Compost Crew pickups keeps those nutrients nourishing local soil.

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How It Works

1. Add your scraps. Mill takes almost anything — even bones and avocado pits — and transforms them into nutrient-rich grounds.

2. Compost Crew picks up your dry grounds curbside and processes them at a nearby composting site.

3. Those grounds are then composted and turned into rich soil for local businesses, gardens, and farms in the DMV. Plus, once a year, you'll get a bag of finished compost to nourish your own garden.

Local Compost Crew Pickups

Starting as low as $9.99 / mo + taxes

Add Pickups

Compost Crew pickups

Compost Crew will collect your Mill grounds right from your curb in all serviceable zip codes (see FAQ).

Receive Finished Compost

Once a year, Compost Crew pickups customers can receive a bag of finished compost.

Easy to add on

Add pickups through Compost Crew at any time after purchasing Mill.

Families in the DMV love Mill + Compost Crew

Reviews:

• Keri W., Rockville: "Can’t get enough of it, we are obsessed with how great it feels to recycle our food scraps."
• Laura D., Chevy Chase: "The Mill is fabulous!! So quiet, powerful, no smells or bugs. Can't live without it now!!"
• Suzanne G., Ashburn: "Absolutely love the Mill. It was so easy to set up, there is no smell, very quiet, and I set it up to grind at night while everyone is asleep. Would highly recommend this to anyone who composts their food waste."
• Brian S., Silver Spring: "I find this so simple to use and feel great about enriching my garden with nutrients. Highly recommended!"
• Amanda W., Towson: "I absolutely love it. So glad to have it for all my kitchen scraps. Turns them into a coffee grounds consistency. No odor!"
• Stephen B., Silver Spring: "We love the idea of doing something mundane yet uplifting, we run our garbage disposal empty just to keep it from getting rusty."
• Will J., Silver Spring: "Great eco-friendly purchase. Helps teach the kids about the importance of not wasting food and caring for the planet."

Together we can manage wasted food and put it back into the system — and help make healthier lives, soil, and communities in the DMV.

Food scraps are a resource we can actually recycle. Our landfills are filling up fast, but there’s something we can do about it. With Mill + Compost Crew, you can nourish our local farms and gardens with high-quality compost made from your kitchen scraps.

Ben Parry
CEO, Compost Crew

Founded in 2011, Compost Crew’s mission is to divert food scraps from the landfill and help retain valuable nutrients by converting them into compost. Today, Compost Crew serves over twenty-thousand homes, businesses, communities, and local governments throughout the Greater Washington area and has composted over 75 million pounds of organic material.

Meet One Acre Farm

Your leftovers feed the One Acre farm, and it feeds our community.

How does Compost Crew work with local farms?

We partner with local farms like One Acre Farm to help make compost so they can improve their organic matter, crop yields, and support the food supply in their local communities.

What do you hope to accomplish in the DMV community?

We want to make composting as easy, accessible, and affordable to as many people, homes, schools, and organizations as we can.

What excites you about this partnership with Mill?

Our goal is to make people excited about composting, and I think that's something that the Mill + Compost Crew partnership can do. We're hoping to inspire more and more people to try food recycling and composting and make it into a daily habit.

“When we’re able to take food waste out of the trash, we can do something valuable with it.”

Support a local DMV loop

Add Compost Crew pickups to your Mill routine. Compost Crew will drop off a curbside compost bucket, collect your dried scraps on a regular schedule, and return finished compost to feed your garden or houseplants.

Clean. Easy. Local.

With Mill + Local Compost Crew pickups, you’ll never waste food at home again. Instead, your kitchen scraps will nourish DMV soil. All without mess, effort, or smells.

Melissa, Alessandro & Diego

Location: Washington, DC
"It’s really important for us to protect the ability to provide fresh and local food to our kids."

Mill customers in the DMV are on track to process over 750,000 pounds of food scraps with Mill this year.
Annualized run rate based on current average wet scraps added per day

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Compost Crew?

Compost Crew is a local composting service in the DMV. Add their pickup service to your Mill account and they’ll collect your grounds on a regular schedule, returning them to local farms and soil. Learn more here.

How much does the Compost Crew pickup service cost?

Compost Crew pickups start at $9.99/month. View full pricing when you add the service through Compost Crew here.

What areas are eligible for Local Compost Crew pickups?

Washington, DC 20001, 20002, 20003, 20004, 20005, 20006, 20007, 20008, 20009, 20010, 20011, 20012, 20015, 20016, 20017, 20018, 20019, 20024, 20036, 20037
Silver Spring, MD 20902, 20903, 20904, 20906, 20907, 20908, 20910, 20911, 20912, 20914, 20915, 20916, 20918
Bethesda / Chevy Chase / Kensington, MD 20814, 20815, 20816, 20817, 20895
Rockville, MD 20847, 20848, 20849, 20850, 20851, 20852, 20877
Baltimore City & County, MD 21201, 21202, 21208, 21211, 21212, 21213, 21214, 21215, 21217, 21218, 21222, 21223, 21224, 21225, 21227, 21230, 21231, 21234
Towson, MD 21204, 21286
Alexandria, VA 22301, 22302, 22303, 22304, 22305, 22307, 22308, 22309, 22311, 22314, 22315
Fairfax, VA 22003, 22031

How do I add Compost Crew pickups?

Once you’ve received your Mill bin, add local pickups through Compost Crew here.

Can I add pickups at checkout?

No. Local pickups service can be added anytime through Compost Crew here.

What happens to my grounds after pickup?

Your grounds go to local farms and compost facilities in the DMV. As a Compost Crew member, you can also receive a share of finished compost delivered back to you.

What if Compost Crew isn’t available in my area?

You can still buy and use the Mill bin. Your grounds are dry, odorless, and safe; use them in your garden, share with a neighbor, or add to yard waste.

Can I cancel the pickup service?

Yes. Pickup service is a separate add-on and can be managed or canceled through Compost Crew's account portal anytime.

Is Mill available everywhere?

The Mill bin currently ships to the 48 contiguous states. Compost Crew local pickup service is currently available only in select DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) areas.

How does Mill help the environment?

Uneaten food is the most common material in landfills and most of it comes from our homes. When that food rots, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

To learn more, please visit mill.com/LCA.