Vokashi doesn’t truck food waste upstate rather, once a month we collect sealed buckets of fermented food scraps and compost them locally. There are two ways that your household can get this local green service:
Vokashi door service: We come to your door and swap your full buckets for fresh ones for a basic fee of $48/month for one or two buckets. Additional buckets at $25 per bucket.
Join or start a local Vokashi Compost Pod on your block and have Vokashi collect from the pod. A Compost Pod is a group of two or more neighbors–within a one block radius–that subscribe to our monthly collection service. If you reach out to five or more neighbors, you can save almost 60% off the cost of your service! Vokashi wants to reduce our carbon footprint for collections by 30% through the Vokashi Compost Pods initiative.
Vokashi uses the Japanese method of fermentation called “Bokashi”. We provide an airtight bucket and lid, a packet of the bran containing the original microbial inoculate EM-1®. The fermentation process preserves the food scraps reducing odors and pests when the bucket is tightly closed.
Every month we collect and swap your full bucket of fermented food scraps and leave a fresh bucket(s) and bran. We take your food waste to our local, NYC, Vokashi site (thanks to the Marine Park Golf Course!) and compost it to benefit New York City public green spaces.
How many buckets will I need?
Households of one, two or three who eat two or three meals a week at home will need just one bucket.
Households with more people or who eat more meals at home will need two buckets.
What are the costs?
The basic monthly cost is $48 (for one or two buckets). Additional buckets are $25 each per month.
There’s a non-refundable, $15 Annual Bucket Fee for each bucket.
Your first payment covers our startup fees, including delivering your buckets to your household.
Company Name:Lucy Liu: Actress / Artist / Advocate
My Location:Manhattan, NY
I thought we had to have a backyard to compost then I heard about Vokashi. Now we compost everyday. The airtight lid conceals and odors and makes sure there are no pesky fruit flies. Thanks to this fantastic and convenient service we know our scraps are being used beneficially for soil amendments and fine quality compost.
Mary D.
Feb 27, 2018
by Mary D.
No more guilt
My Location:Upper West Side, Manhattan
No more guilt about scraps from food preparation! And then the Vokashi bucket goes back under my sink.
Ryan
Jun 14, 2015
by Ryan
Takes all the yuck out
My Location:Brooklyn, NY
The magic bran and collection bucket takes all the yuck out of recycling our food waste
The young men of Re-Connect have been educated by the Vokashi mission to the importance of connecting to the earth and to do what we can to be good stewards of our planet.
Elizabeth W
Oct 21, 2014
by Elizabeth W
The system is so easy that it has become second-nature
My Location:Brooklyn, NY
We started composting with Vokashi a few years ago and now can’t imagine life without it. The system is so easy that it has become second-nature to compost; even my nine- and four-year-old children don’t think twice about what goes into the compost bucket and what gets tossed in the garbage. We love the process and believe that the company deserves to thrive – Mayor Bloomberg, take note!
Which Home Service is Right for Me?
Vokashi doesn’t truck food waste upstate rather, once a month we collect sealed buckets of fermented food scraps and compost them locally. There are two ways that your household can get this local green service:
Your Selected Service:
Monthly Residential Service
(select a Vokashi Compost Pod instead)
From: $48.00 / month
Tell us about your Service:
How does Vokashi Work?
Vokashi uses the Japanese method of fermentation called “Bokashi”. We provide an airtight bucket and lid, a packet of the bran containing the original microbial inoculate EM-1®. The fermentation process preserves the food scraps reducing odors and pests when the bucket is tightly closed.
Every month we collect and swap your full bucket of fermented food scraps and leave a fresh bucket(s) and bran. We take your food waste to our local, NYC, Vokashi site (thanks to the Marine Park Golf Course!) and compost it to benefit New York City public green spaces.
How many buckets will I need?
Households of one, two or three who eat two or three meals a week at home will need just one bucket.
Households with more people or who eat more meals at home will need two buckets.
What are the costs?
The basic monthly cost is $48 (for one or two buckets). Additional buckets are $25 each per month.
There’s a non-refundable, $15 Annual Bucket Fee for each bucket.
Your first payment covers our startup fees, including delivering your buckets to your household.
There are no other charges.
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