{"id":41251,"date":"2019-02-07T08:24:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41251"},"modified":"2019-02-19T07:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T12:48:32","slug":"emu-seniors-soil-cycles-business-by-cycle-collects-compost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/emu-seniors-soil-cycles-business-by-cycle-collects-compost\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU senior\u2019s Soil Cycles business by cycle collects compost"},"content":{"rendered":"

Globe-trotting environmental sustainability major and Eastern Mennonite University senior <\/span>Nidhi Vinod<\/b> has started a Harrisonburg service \u2013 collecting compost by bicycle \u2013 that embodies the values she has come to embrace over her years of learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Since its first pickup on May 3, Vinod and her Soil Cycles team have biked 529 miles to collect 1,461 pounds of compost, preventing 2,749 kg of carbon emissions.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soil Cycles HVA \u2013 \u201cCompost Collection on Two Wheels\u201d \u2013 offers food scrap pick-up services to residential and business subscribers. Collected compostables are delivered to bins placed in the city by Black Bear Composting, which composts them. The returned soil matter can be used by subscribers or donated to community gardens or local farms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since its first pickup on May 3, Soil Cycles<\/a> has biked 529 miles to collect 1,461 pounds of compost, preventing 2,749 kg of carbon emissions, according to its website. Residents pay $25 a month for weekly pickup and supplies, and businesses pay according to their volume. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar services are underway in 27 other states, all working to curb the more than 50 million tons of food sent to landfills each year in the United States, Vinod said. <\/span><\/p>\n