Weekly Subscription

We serve Whakatū Nelson and Stoke Only

🥕 EVERY WEEK 🌽

1. You subscribe here (this is our best-value option for ongoing service)

2. We drop your first bucket (next Wednesday or Thursday, this will always be your collection day)

3. You fill it with your kitchen food waste (everyday)

4. You place it out for collection‍ ‍(before 9am on your collection day)

5. We swap it for a clean bucket (between 9am and 2pm on your collection day)

6. Compost Club will compost your organics in a skilful & nerdy way (you can join them on Saturdays between 10am-11am)

7. Repeat this goodness every week (feeling great about it, and telling your friends 💚)

8. Buy the most delicious compost right here, from our shop! (oh yes, you now get a 50% discount!)

A few important details

• Weekly collection

• Billed monthly in advance

• Buckets must contain food scraps / organics only

• If your needs change, you can adjust your subscription at any time

• We pause for 2 weeks over Christmas

• Need more than 5 buckets?Contact us for custom services.

Looking for a one-off collection for an event? See our Event Bucketoptions.

What goes in the buckets (and why)

We collect food scraps only — things that can safely return to the soil.

Yes please

• Fruit and vegetable scraps

• Cooked food and leftovers

• Bread, grains, rice, pasta

• Meat, fish, bones, and dairy

• Coffee grounds and loose tea (no plastic tea bags)

No Thanks

• Packaging of any kind (including “compostable” or “biodegradable” packaging)

• Plastics, wrappers, cutlery, straws, or napkins

• Liquids, oils, or fats

• Glass, metal, or anything non-organic

About packaging

We don’t accept packaging of any kind — even items labelled “compostable” or “biodegradable”.

This is because our composting system is intentionally low-temperature.

We keep it this way to protect microbial diversity, soil life, and nutrient quality.

Most compostable packaging is designed for high-heat industrial composting systems.

In a low-temperature, biology-first process like ours, these materials:

• don’t fully break down

• fragment into residues

• reduce compost quality

• undermine the living soil we’re trying to grow

Keeping packaging out allows us to:

• compost food scraps completely and safely

• return clean, living compost to the whenua

• support healthy microbial ecosystems, not just waste diversion

If you’re unsure about an item, leave it out — food scraps only is always the safest choice.

If contamination occurs

We understand that mistakes happen — especially at busy events.

If buckets contain contamination:

• We’ll remove what we can where it’s safe to do so

• Heavily contaminated contents may need to be disposed of instead of composted

• In some cases, an additional handling or disposal fee may apply

Our goal is always to compost your food waste where possible and protect the quality of the finished compost.