Your go-to hub for urban composting — and why it matters. By composting, we reduce the strain on landfills, allow organic materials to break down naturally, and cut harmful emissions. Even better, composting closes the loop by returning valuable nutrients to the soil, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and supporting healthier food systems.
Our Pilot Program Addresses Common Composting Myths When we started recruiting properties for Buckhead Composts, we heard a lot of the same concerns. Would residents actually participate? Would [...]
Long before bags of synthetic fertilizer lined store shelves, gardeners relied on a much simpler approach: build healthy soil first. It is one of the oldest gardening lessons passed down […]
For most of us, “being sustainable” probably started with a blue recycling bin. We learned to rinse out milk jugs, flatten cardboard boxes, and debate whether the pizza box was […]
By now, you’ve probably gotten the hang of BuckheadCOMPOSTS. Maybe you’ve collected a few banana peels, coffee grounds, or leftover veggies and dropped them into your building’s [...]
By now, you’ve hopefully gotten the hang of composting—collecting your food scraps, dropping them in the bin, and feeling like a sustainability superstar. But as we head into Month 3 […]
April is Earth Month, a time to step back and look at how our everyday habits add up — and how small actions can create surprisingly big benefits. One of […]
Welcome to Livable Buckhead’s BuckheadCOMPOSTS Competition — a year-long composting challenge bringing apartment communities together to reduce food waste, protect the environment, and win some [...]
On March 2, Livable Buckhead officially launches BuckheadComposts, a new, free composting program for multifamily apartment and condominium communities across Buckhead. Funded through an EPA [...]
As we gear up for our BuckheadCOMPOSTS initiative and EPA-backed compost competition next year, I’ve been on a little composting journey of my own. And I’ll admit… I went into […]
If you’re a self-proclaimed sustainability nerd, like me, you might come up with little sustainability challenges like ‘how long can I stay in EV mode when driving my hybrid’ or [...]
Though this project has been funded, wholly or in part, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the contents of this webpage do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the EPA.
