Our Ocean City Compost Program
Pictured left to right: Josh Chamberlain, Founder of Go Green OC, Garvey Heiderman, Founder of Ocean Compost, Alyssa Howard, Director of Compost Operations.
Total Food Waste Diverted:
2018 - 1,980 pounds (1 business)
2020 - 12,190 pounds (1 business)
2021 - 81,000 pounds (5 businesses)
2022 - 230,000 pounds (12 businesses)
2023 - 340,000 (25 businesses)
2024 - ????? (24 businesses)
2024 - Compost Program Details Below
99% of all businesses who participated in 2023, will return in 2024 except for one (which was sold).
Participating 2024 Restaurants:
Seacrets - Jamaica USA
The Hobbit
Higgins Crab House (North & South locations)
Shotti’s Point
Mothers Cantina
Dough Roller (42nd)
Bayside Skillet
Blue Fish
Longboard Cafe
Coin’s Pub
Mione’s Pizza
Innerbloom
Happy Jack Pancake House
Bonfire
Real Raw Organics
Tequila Mockingbird
Bourbon Street
Fish Tales
Taphouse Tavern
Hilton Garden Inn
Ocean City Convention Center
2023 - Compost Program Details Below
Nearly 24 restaurants are expected to participate in Ocean City, Maryland. This includes a flower shop, juice bar, crab house and wide range of seafood restaurants. Our data shows that Ocean City can save money by composting. It’s cheaper to compost than burn or bury the waste AND it’s great for the environment. A second pizza box recycling receptacle was established at Dough Roller on 42nd street!
Participating 2023 Restaurants:
Seacrets - Jamaica USA
The Hobbit
Ocean 13
Higgins Crab House (North & South locations)
Shotti’s Point
Mothers Cantina
Dough Roller (two locations)
Bayside Skillet
Blue Fish
Longboard Cafe
Coin’s Pub
Mione’s Pizza
Innerbloom
Happy Jack Pancake House
Bonfire
Real Raw Organics
Tequila Mockingbird
Bourbon Street
Fish Tales
Taphouse Tavern
Lookout Lounge
“Composting can reduce waste up to 51% in restaurants”
2022 - Compost Program Details Below
Over 10 restaurants/businesses join Go Green OC/Ocean Compost Program:
Participants include The Hobbit, Mother’s Cantina (both north and south locations), The Bonfire, Dough Roller (70th Street), Bayside Skillet, Longboard Cafe, Fish Tales, Real Raw Organics and Innerbloom.
“We can accept compostable cups, plates, straws and even pizza boxes!”
Photo ©️JudyRolfe
Go Green OC and Ocean Compost is proud to introduce the pizza box, the first pizza box collection receptacle in all of the county. Normally, pizza boxes take up large spaces in trash cans and cannot be recycled. These pizza boxes will be diverted to the farm and turned into healthy compost.
Go Green OC launches an educational series for participating Ocean City, Maryland restaurants.
2021
Our compost program hosted 5 Ocean City restaurants (The Hobbit, Dough Roller 70th, The Bonfire, Annabelle’s/Barrio Taco and Real Raw Organics) from April to October 2021 diverting 81,000 lbs of food waste.
The program was approved by Ocean City in July and a new for-profit businesses was created, Ocean Compost. Read more here.
2020 - wow, this is really working!
In 2020, Go Green OC initiated a compost program for the entire season at The Hobbit restaurant in the midst of a global pandemic collecting 12,190 pounds.
2019 - it’s time to raise some money!
In 2019, Go Green OC focused on raising capital to build the foundation of our city-wide compost program. We successfully raised around $9,000.
2018 - A compost program is born!
In 2018, Go Green OC held the first compost pilot program in Ocean City for four weeks at The Hobbit restaurant collecting nearly 2000 pounds of food waste.