Bay Village Residents Can Now Compost Without Leaving Home

Rust Belt Riders Launches Weekly Food Scrap Pickup Service in Your Neighborhood

Let’s face it—no one likes tossing out food, but it happens. A banana peel here, a moldy piece of bread there. Most people don’t think twice about where it all ends up. But the truth is, when food waste goes to a landfill, it doesn’t just disappear. It breaks down in a way that releases methane—a greenhouse gas over 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. And with landfills filling up and our climate changing fast, better options are needed. Here’s a fun fact: a banana peel takes over 2 years to break down in a landfill while in a healthy compost pile it only takes a few weeks.

That’s where Rust Belt Riders comes in.

Rust Belt Riders is excited to announce that its weekly residential compost pickup service is now available in Bay Village—giving residents a simple way to keep food waste out of landfills and put it to work for the planet.

Here’s how it works:

After signing up, Rust Belt Riders will deliver a clean 5-gallon bucket to your home.
Fill it with your food scraps—yes, even meat, bones, and dairy.
On your service day, place the bucket outside.
Rust Belt Riders will pick it up and leave a fresh, clean one in its place.

That’s it. No driving across town, no guessing what’s compostable, and no mess.

Whether you live in a house with a yard or an apartment with a few potted plants, composting with Rust Belt Riders fits right into your routine. You can even track your personal impact online—seeing how much waste you’ve kept out of the landfill and the good your scraps are doing.

And each spring? You’ll receive compost back, made from the very scraps you sent in. It’s a full-circle moment for your soil, your food, and your neighborhood.

Rust Belt Riders was founded in 2014 with one mission: to feed people, not landfills. Composting is more than just waste management—it’s a climate solution. It rebuilds soil, stores carbon, and helps keep water clean. And when enough people participate, the collective impact is powerful.