What Makes GoZERO and its Services Unique?

GoZERO is an Ohio-born, family-owned, second-generation farm-based food waste compost product and service provider. We ensure the job gets done right, and we’re committed to pioneering and championing the food waste composting and broader organic recycling industry like no other organization.

1. The Most Comprehensive Composting Solution

You may be able to find someone who claims to compost, but not all composters are created equal. GoZERO has taken a customer-centric approach to building solutions that will grow and evolve as the composting industry continues to take shape.

Data Capture & Impact Reporting

Standard with every service visit are complimentary impact metrics, including but not limited to pounds collected, gallons collected, contamination metrics, and container-related stats. This information is shared passively near real time, unlike any other provider.

Broadest Material Spectrum

No need to separate your scraps. From meat and vegetables to paper towels and serviceware, GoZERO composts it if it can be composted. We accept the widest spectrum of compostable materials, transforming them into nutrient-rich compost for regional growers. More accepted materials = more meaningful environmental impact. See the full listing of acceptable items. The volume of impact is larger when organizations choose GoZERO.

Washing & Cleanliness

Disposal carts are washed on site or swapped for clean ones every service visit, as temperatures and need allow, and every truck is equipped with a broom and shovel just in case. Other providers may claim to keep points of service tidy, but GoZERO takes it to the next level, considering that many of our customers are food and medical-grade-conscious.

2. Unmatched Client Support & Scalability

We provide the most comprehensive composting support from contamination management to odor control and impact reporting. With the largest service area and the ability to scale across geographies and material volumes, no one else matches our reach and capacity. 

Every Service Visit is Reviewed

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and GoZERO knows the best way to avoid service issues is to proactively review each service visit to provide follow-up feedback as needed for general coaching or course correction before there is an issue. There are no guarantees in life, but knowing there is a team working to ensure your food waste composting success makes composting good, easy, and fun in the way it should be.

Relentless about Efficiency and Effectiveness

Because all we do is compost food waste, we’ve got to get it right. Process, accountability, and continuous improvement are second only to the care and humanity we put into our work. When working with GoZERO, know that the only mission is recovering food waste from landfilling by empowering individuals and organizations like you.

3. Singularly Focused

Unlike other organizations, we are 100% dedicated to making food waste diversion from landfills the norm. Our entire model is designed to drive widespread adoption, eliminating barriers for businesses and communities.

Committed to Actual Local Composting

GoZERO is actively involved in developing infrastructure and best practices for keeping production of bio-complete compost in a community near you. Long hauls and shortcut processing like dehydration that don’t scale and aren’t sustainable are not who we are.

Truly Sustainable

GoZERO is committed to being a sustainable organization, not only in our work but in cultivating great teams and team members who have the time and resources to care for their families and contribute to their communities. We don’t leverage prison labor, outsource to minimum wage contractors, depend on private equity, or assume public subsidies to prop up a sustainability facade. For us, sustainability means acting responsibly, environmentally, economically, and socially.

Industry Lifecycle Cognizant

GoZERO is pressing the food waste composting and broader organics recycling industry forward in Ohio and surrounding states. We recognize that what works today may not be right for tomorrow, and we’re racing to lay the groundwork that will make it possible to realize more significant and better solutions for years to come.

Policy & Ownership Minded

GoZERO has its eye on how public policy across jurisdictions can help create a healthier tomorrow and how shared ownership through formal legal structuring can put the power to do more good with those doing the work in the community. We’re grateful for the good done by those who have come before us, and we’re working every day to leave it all better for those who will come after us.

Conclusion

These are the things that set GoZERO and what we do apart from the rest – and how we are building toward a world where food waste composting works for everyone via our mission to improve our environment, strengthen our communities, and change our thinking about food, soil, and health. You are invited. Join us.