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Jeffries
Compost Service
Turning leftovers into compost
Jeffries Compost Service collects food scraps and compostable/organic materials from businesses like yours, diverting them from landfill, and recycling them into high-quality compost, soil, mulch and fertiliser products.
These high quality products are then used in South Australian backyards, parks and gardens, vineyards and commercial farms, to build better soil for South Australia.
If you’re a restaurant, cafe or food manufacturer, Jeffries Compost Service is your opportunity to help the environment and save your waste from going to landfill.
Why recycle your organics with Jeffries?
Environmental Sustainability
Composting organics is better for the environment by reducing methane produced in landfill. When organic matter is dumped in landfill, it decomposes without oxygen, producing methane, which is 25x more potent than carbon dioxide and contributes to climate change.
Creates Value
Turn your waste into a high-quality compost product used to build healthy South Australian soils. If your organic waste is sent to landfill it means that a precious resource is lost and can never be recovered.
Builds Jobs in South Australia
Every step of the way it’s local. By using Jeffries Compost Service, you are supporting local jobs here in South Australia. Jeffries alone employs 72 local men and women.
Improving SA Soils
Your unwanted organics become beautiful compost, soil, mulch or organic fertiliser products which South Australian farmers and gardeners grow healthy produce. By recycling with us, you are helping to support local growers.
More Affordable For You
Sending material to landfill is increasing in price every year. It is now significantly more cost effective to recycle your unwanted organics than to put them in general waste.
Be Part of a Circular Economy
Your high-value waste becomes part of a high-value chain providing high-value end products. This closes the loop on organics recycling enabling the organics circular economy to thrive locally and successfully in South Australia.
What can Jeffries collect?
Jeffries Compost Service doesn’t only collect fruit and vegetables. Here are a few other products that can be composted, some of which you might not have thought of before.
FRUIT & VEG
MEAT, SEAFOOD & BONES
EGGS & EGG CARTONS
TEABAGS
COFFEE GRINDS
CHEESE
BREAD
PAPER TOWELS
PIZZA BOXES & CARDBOARD PACKAGING
PAPER PACKAGING & TISSUES
HAIR & ANIMAL FUR
CERTIFIED COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING
What can Jeffries collect?
Jeffries Compost Service doesn’t only collect fruit and vegetables. Here are a few other products that can be composted, some of which you might not have thought of before.
FRUIT & VEG
MEAT, SEAFOOD & BONES
EGGS & EGG CARTONS
TEABAGS
COFFEE GRINDS
CHEESE
BREAD
PAPER TOWELS
PIZZA BOXES & CARDBOARD PACKAGING
PAPER PACKAGING & TISSUES
HAIR & ANIMAL FUR
CERTIFIED COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING
How to get involved
The process is simple.
Step 1 - contact us
Contact us using the form below. We do the hard work for you – we will contact your waste provider and set up the collection. We work with them to give you the most seamless service possible.
Step 2 - choose your bins
You will receive a dedicated organics bin. You can choose from 140, 240 and 660 litre bins and can have as many as you have space for.
Step 3 - use your bins
You place all you organics into the green bin instead of the general waste bins. Jeffries work with you to get the most out of your green bin service. We offer support and educational material to help you train your team how to recycle effectively.
Step 4 - we collect your bins
A specialised Jeffries Compost Service truck and driver will collect the bins from your nominated collection point on your nominated day/s. You can choose to have your bins collected from a minimum of once a week right up to 6 days per week in selected areas. We can collect on a schedule that works for you.
Step 1 - contact us
Contact us using the form below. We do the hard work for you – we will contact your waste provider and set up the collection. We work with them to give you the most seamless service possible.
Step 2 - choose your bins
You will receive a dedicated organics bin. You can choose from 140, 240 and 660 litre bins and can have as many as you have space for.
Step 3 - use your bins
You place all you organics into the green bin instead of the general waste bins. Jeffries work with you to get the most out of your green bin service. We offer support and educational material to help you train your team how to recycle effectively.
Step 4 - we collect your bins
A specialised Jeffries Compost Service truck and driver will collect the bins from your nominated collection point on your nominated day/s. You can choose to have your bins collected from a minimum of once a week right up to 6 days per week in selected areas. We can collect on a schedule that works for you.
Closing the loop
Once collected, the material is then transported to Jeffries world-class composting facility right here in Adelaide, where the material is then turned into compost. After 8 weeks, the final product is then ready to go back where it belongs, adding valuable carbon and nutrients back into our South Australian soils. In this new enriched soil is grown fruits and vegetables that go on to be sold back to restaurants and cafes around South Australia where they are made into delicious food, where the leftovers can then be recycled again with Jeffries so the cycle continues.
Your high-value waste becomes part of a high-value chain providing high-value end products. This closes the loop on organics recycling enabling the organics circular economy to thrive locally and successfully in South Australia.
Need more convincing?
Read the Compost Service brochure here, see some case studies or read the FAQs below.
Meet some of our Gold Star Recyclers
See some real life case studies and testimonials from companies who are already recycling their organics.
Meet some of our Gold Star Recyclers
See some real life case studies and testimonials from companies who are already recycling their organics.
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FAQs
Here are some of our most frequently asked questions…
What areas do you collect from?
No, you can check out as a guest but you will need to supply all of your details so we can deliver to you and the driver can call you if there are any questions. We take your privacy very seriously and will never share your details.
What days can I have my bins collected?
Use the handy calculators on each product page in the shop. We recommend laying mulch at 8-10cm thick.
How soon can my service be up and running?
Jeffries does not clean the bins but we can provide details of a cleaning service.
HOW OFTEN DO THE BINS GET COLLECTED?
You can choose to have your collection from a minimum of once a week and up to 6 days per week in selected areas. We can collect on a schedule that works for both parties.
How do I know what bin size I will need?
If you think access may be an issue please give us a call, we haven lots of options including our Jeffries PowerScaper, which can reach up to 100m away.
why do i need to go through my waste provider and not direct with you?
If you think access may be an issue please give us a call, we haven lots of options including our Jeffries PowerScaper, which can reach up to 100m away.
Do you collect on weekends?
1 unit = one cubic yard (or 0.76m3). To put this in perspective, this is approximately one 6×4 trailer load. The landscaping industry often still uses cubic yards as that’s how much a bucket of a loader can hold.
How do I train my staff?
Compost itself is not a growing medium, but a soil conditioner or soil amendment. It is organically rich but more of a good thing is not necessarily better. Using excessive amounts can create too much warmth for the plant roots and may not provide adequate drainage. Apply approximately a 3cm layer and mix it into your soil to provide the right mix.
How do I know who my waste provider is?
WON'T MY BIN SMELL?
Food scraps smell in any bin regardless. As it is a regular service, the organics should be taken away before they sit for too long. Regularly cleaning bins or utilising a com-postable liner can also help to minimise odour.
DOES JEFFRIES CLEAN THE BINS?
Jeffries does not clean the bins but we can provide details of a cleaning service.
HOW CAN I KEEP MY BINS STAYING CLEAN?
One tip to keeping bins clean and to reduce odour is to use compostable liners. Alternatively, you could also use old paper and cardboard boxes to line the bottom of your bin.
Have another question?
We’re here to help!
The Team at Jeffries are here to help you make your job easy!
Contact Ben Randall-Smith, Organics Recycling Account Manager, or one of our friendly Jeffries Compost Service Representatives.