Epic Renewal | Urban Composting

Redefining Our Approach to WasteThe Opportunity

We see an enormous opportunity.

Where others see an end, we see a beginning.

By looking at our organic waste as an asset that can

be leveraged to build a brighter future, we unlock a

world of positive potential.

The OpportunityHere’s a simplified version of

how we do things.

Farms grow and supply produce,

which we use to make our food and drinks. We also end up with

organic waste.

We can do better.

The OpportunityBy simply adding the step of

composting, we take what would otherwise be a dead end for that organic waste, and instead

transform it into a life-builder that supports healthier farms,

and higher quality produce.

Fun-Fact: This also leads to

better quality food.

Let’s take a quick side step.

Before we can dig into composting, we have to talk about soil health.

What is soil health?

Soil health is the continued capacity of soil to

function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans.

Did you know that in one healthy teaspoon of soil,

there are more microorganisms than there are people on Earth?

Healthy soil does a lot more for us than we may be aware of.

By promoting soil health, we build a healthier ecosystem and planet, all the way from the ground up.

Carbon Sequestration

When those microorganisms

work in tandem with plant life, they actively draw down atmospheric carbon, which is

acting as a greenhouse gas, and store it in the soil.

When sequestered in the soil, that carbon can function as the

life-builder it’s meant to be.

Replenished Water Cycles

Healthy soils work like a sponge,

absorbing and retaining water underground. This recharges our groundwater, leading to drought

resistance, and replenished water cycles.

At the same time, that carbon in the soil is acting like the filter in

a water pitcher - it’s leaching out heavy metals and other toxins,

and leaving cleaner water behind.

Healthy, Abundant Food

We are what we eat, but we’re also

what our food eats.

The microorganisms in healthy soils

deliver nutrients to plants - that means more nutritious food. They

also promote pest and disease resistance, meaning we can break our dependence on toxic pesticides

and fertilizers.

The best part is that in addition to growing healthier food, healthy soil allows us to grow more of it!

Farmer Benefit

All of this benefits the bottom line

for farmers and consumers.

Farmers can grow higher yields of

higher quality produce, while entirely taking costly and toxic

inputs like fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides out of the picture.

Ecosystem Restoration

Here’s the really exciting part.

Healthy soils promote a continuous increase in biodiversity, leading to

stronger ecosystems.

When we take care of our ecosystem, it can take care of us, by providing key ecosystem services

like food, water, climate regulation, nutrient cycles, and oxygen

production.

The key takeaway here is this.

We can fix our macro environmental issues, simply by looking down. By focusing on the restoring and rebuilding our soils, we can work with nature to

regenerate our ecosystems and our earth.

We can begin to reverse climate change.*

*not an exaggeration.

So how do we build healthy soil?

Building Healthy Soil

There are a variety of practices that

support healthy soils. Since most of us don’t have a hand

in growing our produce, we’ll focus on the one we can directly affect:

composting.

No Till Agriculture

No Pesticides or Herbicides

Planned Rotational Grazing

Composting

Cover Crops

A few of them are…

Composting

We start with organic waste, which

offers nitrogen and carbon as it breaks down.

Given access to oxygen, helpful bacteria and fungi will decompose

that green waste, turning it into compost.

Finished compost is full of microbial life, and can act as a soil builder,

fertilizer, and natural pesticide

Decomposition

The Alternative

When that same organic waste ends

up in a landfill, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than CO2.

Our landfills are the third largest

source of methane in the US. That means that just by changing our habits around organic waste, we can dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.

METHANE

What We Do

We believe in one core philosophy.

We believe that everyone should have the options to make the right

decision.

To choose to benefit the environment, and take responsibility for our own impact.

We’re working to create access to

those choices, and to make it easier to do the right thing.

We focus on a few areas.We provide residential pickup and drop off services for residential

clients who may not have access to outdoor space, or the time to invest

in composting themselves.

We work with our commercial

clients to help them take ownership for not only the products they make,

but also the environmental footprint that comes with them.

We also provide zero-waste event consulting and composting services.

Residential Commercial Events

We’re also working to shape a new future for composting, one that provides a local solution, tailored

to an urban environment.

To do that, we use Bokashi fermentation.

Traditional CompostingTraditional composting looks like this. Landlords usually prefer this happens

outdoors.

Traditional composting leverages oxygen to accomplish healthy decomposition. This requires an

outdoor space, and medium sized footprint, and takes about a year to

complete. Depending on the size of your operation, this can also limit what food you can actually put into your

compost pile. There’s also a pretty sizeable learning curve to doing it well.

Traditional Composting (Aerobic)

Requires Outdoor SpaceMedium Footprint

Limited Input Options

Learning CurveLengthy Turnaround

Bokashi Composting (Anaerobic Fermentation)

Indoor ProcessingRequires Less SpaceMore Input Options

No Pests or SmellLess Labor

Faster Turnaround

Bokashi CompostingBokashi composting is actually an anaerobic process, using a culture of

bacteria which thrive in an oxygen-free environment. They don’t produce off-

gassing like landfills, and still lead to a healthy, living end product. A simple way to think about it is that we are

fermenting our scraps to make something new and alive.

This process is ideal for indoor processing. It requires less space,

offers more input options, and most importantly, it’s really easy.

Bokashi composting is perfectly suited to an urban

environment, or anywhere with limited green space.

A huge perk that’s especially useful in urban spaces is that since everything stays contained, vertical space

becomes a whole new resource.

How Our Services Work1. Our customers collect all of their

food scraps in one of our containers,

which we exchange weekly for clean ones.

2. We add the scraps to our Bokashi fermentors, and allow them to ferment for 4 weeks.

3. We acclimate the fermented scraps with soil to make the finished

product.

All in all, our process takes ~8 weeks

from start to finish.

Food Scraps

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How Our Services Work1. Our customers collect all of their

food scraps in one of our containers,

which we exchange weekly for clean ones.

2. We add the scraps to our Bokashi fermentors, and allow them to ferment for 4 weeks.

3. We acclimate the fermented scraps with soil to make the finished

product.

All in all, our process takes ~8 weeks

from start to finish.

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3.

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How Our Services Work1. Our customers collect all of their

food scraps in one of our containers,

which we exchange weekly for clean ones.

2. We add the scraps to our Bokashi fermentors, and allow them to ferment for 4 weeks.

3. We acclimate the fermented scraps with soil to make the finished

product.

All in all, our process takes ~8 weeks

from start to finish.

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What about you?

Composting offers a wide range of benefits, beyond just the environmental impacts.

Landfill Diversion

By diverting your organic waste

from landfills, you’re preventing toxic greenhouse gas emissions and leaching, all while creating a local

solution.

Reduced Hauling

That local solution allows you to

minimize the carbon footprint of waste hauling. You’re keeping trucks off the road, which are often

traveling long distances to landfills. You’re also cutting your hauling costs.

Job Creation

By engaging in an onsite or off-site

solution, you’re creating jobs in your own community, either by supporting Epic Renewal staff, or

developing your own zero-waste workforce with our support.

Sellable End Product

All the while, you’re producing a

sellable end product, compost, which can generate even more revenue for your business, while

promoting healthier agriculture.

Finished compost can sell for anywhere between $30-100 per cubic yard, or $5/cubic foot if you’d

rather keep it artisan.

All of that with the added benefit of improving soil!

Brand Image

All of this benefits your business - it

supports your commitment to a healthier lifestyle and planet, and reinforces the value of your brand

and product for environmental and health-conscious consumers.

Closing the Loop

Most importantly, you’re closing the

loop by building a constantly improving cycle.

This process promotes healthier produce from what was once your

waste, creating a beautiful closed loop that will continuously improve the quality of your product, and your

environmental footprint over time.

The benefits are too good to pass up.

We have a profound opportunity to redefine our relationship

with our waste, to use it to build a bright and abundant future.

Let’s talk about how Epic Renewal can help you get started composting.

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