Industrial & High-Volume Composting in Houston

High-volume composting for Houston food producers

OnFarmCompost works with the Houston area’s higher-volume vegetative food-waste generators: supermarkets, produce markets, produce operations, and food producers that move more material than a single location. Our model brings scheduled pickup and measurable diversion to operations that keep organics separated at the source.

Gasket-sealed drums for high-volume streams

Commercial accounts use 55-gallon food-grade drums with gasket-sealed lids that contain odor and pests, staged outside near your dumpster. For higher-volume operations, we scale drum count to match your output, so material moves on schedule rather than piling up.

Scheduled weekly routes

We run a set route on a weekly cadence. Consistency matters at volume. Your team knows the pickup day, and we exchange drums on that schedule: haul the full ones, weigh them, leave clean ones. A filled drum runs 100 to 200 pounds, so the hauling is ours.

Measurable ESG reporting

Every commercial account gets a monthly ESG-ready diversion report. For higher-volume operations, this is where the service earns its keep: because we weigh every drum, the report tracks diversion tonnage, methane avoided, and contamination rate. Those numbers feed directly into sustainability reporting, whether for leadership, regulators, or certification programs.

What we handle

Streams need to arrive source-separated or depackaged. A high-volume load mixed with packaging or general trash isn’t accepted; sorting it out on arrival isn’t a service we offer.

• Produce culls, trim, and overripe or unsold fruit and vegetables
• Bulk dry goods, depackaged: flour, grain, expired shelf-stable produce
• Coffee grounds and eggshells

We keep out meat, bones, dairy, and post-service plate scrapings. Composting happens on working farms rather than at a permitted facility, and a vegetative feedstock is what lets those farms take material without changing their regulatory footing. We also keep out grease of every kind including fryer oil, paper of any kind including napkins and coffee filters, and plastics of any kind, including anything labeled “compostable.”

Pricing

$10 per barrel, no contract. Higher-volume service is scoped to your drum count and material volume after a free waste audit and a 1-week free trial.

Scaling pickup to your volume

Higher-volume operations rarely fit a one-size setup. We adjust drum count to keep pace with your output, and the weekly exchange means drums turn over before odor or storage become an issue. The setup is scoped around your real material flow.

Keeping contamination low

Reporting only means something if it’s accurate, so we help your team keep out the real contaminants: plastics of any kind (including “compostable” serviceware), paper, grease, and animal material. Vegetative food waste is what goes in: produce culls, trim, and unsold fruit and vegetables. Clean inputs mean a contamination rate you can stand behind in sustainability and certification reporting.

Scope your operation

Call 713-822-3398 to talk through your volume and route needs. We serve Harris County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County.