SOILGANICSSustainability Impact Program

How it works

From collection to recovery.

Follow a load from your business to the facility that composts or recycles it. Soilganics checks the records from pickup through processing to verify the share of your site’s compostable materials kept out of landfill.

A restaurant worker wheels a green bin marked COMPOST, filled with vegetable trimmings and citrus peels, out of the kitchen
Ready for compost pickupSet out food scraps in a dedicated bin and record the weight at collection.
A grower spreads finished compost beside rows of lettuce, with wooden compost bays in the background
At the compost farmThe farm turns food scraps into compost that growers can use.

Images illustrate the collection and composting process.

  1. Identify your site and its waste

    Choose one site and reporting period. Count all material in compostable categories, including food scraps, paper, cardboard, and yard trimmings. Include material sent to landfill and paper or cardboard already sent for recycling.

  2. Complete a waste collection form

    For each load, record its ID, collection date, material, destination, and weight. Subtract the weight of the empty container. Track composting, recycling, other recovery, and landfill disposal separately. Count each load once.

  3. Follow the load through processing

    Soilganics matches each load to the facility’s records. The facility documents how much it recovered and rejected. For a mixed batch, use a documented proportional allocation to identify your site’s share. Use incoming material weight and subtract rejects. If a weight is missing or estimated, or processing is still pending, Soilganics must verify it before it counts as recovered.

  4. Read your Recovery Statement

    Your site qualifies for a Recovery Statement when it has six months of collection history in the program and records that confirm how much material was recovered. The statement shows the weight recovered, the weight sent to landfill, and your diversion rate. For a claim that landfill waste decreased, compare the same site’s results with documented landfill waste from the prior 12 months.

  5. Earn and display your seal

    For full certification, Soilganics verifies the path from collection through processing and confirms that at least 50% of your site’s compostable materials were diverted. Tier 3 has no fixed minimum reporting period. Soilganics awards the seal only after it confirms the records and rate.

Who supplies the records?

Your business identifies the materials it discards. Your collector, whether GroundLoop or another provider, records the pickups. The processor documents what happens to each load. Soilganics checks those records and awards certification.

See how diversion is calculated

Start with one location.

Tell us what you collect and which records you already keep.

Ask about certification