Start shared composting with Paris Plan Compost

Turn food scraps into neighbourhood soil

In Paris, organic waste still makes up more than 23% of what lands in the residual bin. The city's Plan Compost has supported more than 1,000 shared sites since 2010: courtyard bins, quartier composters, and individual worm boxes, all backed by maître composteur coaching.

What you can do

• Apply during a quarterly campaign to install a collective composter at your building or school (collective installation form)
• Gather at least seven motivated households and two site référents who will attend training and keep the pile healthy
• Order equipment or book a maître composteur visit through the city's online forms when campaigns are open
• Join the public Composter à Paris community for tips and meet-ups

How it works

Copropriétés, social housing blocks, schools, and institutions with 5 m² of ground contact can host wooden 400–600 L bins. The city delivers bio-buckets, dry-matter reserves, aeration tools, and eight months of professional follow-up so the site becomes self-running.

Why it matters

Composting at home can cut up to 80 kg of waste per household each year while returning nutrients to balconies, courtyards, and shared beds — joy and soil, not guilt.

Source & repost

Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it.
Source: Composter à Paris. Organiser: Ville de Paris.
Photo: Pexels, photo-4207909.