By: Cory Groshek
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Effective 8/1/2023, we will be making one of the most significant improvements we have ever made to our Waste Reduction Rewards Program (which is just one of three rewards programs we offer to our Residential subscribers, which you can learn more about at www.GBCompost.com/Rewards).
Effective 8/1/2023, Residential subscribers pounds diverted from landfill, which we track publicly via the Greener Bay Compost Leaderboard at www.GBCompost.com/Leaderboard, will be converted to “Compost Points,” which can be redeemed (or “cashed in”) with us, in either 100 or 500 point increments, for bags of our finely sifted, premium compost (which, for those who don’t know, we sell year-round at www.GBCompost.com/Compost).
100 Points = (1) Gallon bag of compost
500 Points = (1) Cubic Foot bag of compost
(For reference, a cubic foot of compost is equivalent to just shy of six and a half gallons of compost)
Please note: As per our current Waste Reduction Rewards Program terms, we will provide Points to subscribers only in exchange for the contents of 100% contaminant-free buckets, on the basis of one Point per each qualifying pound. Simply put, contaminated bucket contents = no Compost Points (and so now may be a good time to review our List of Acceptable and Not Acceptable Materials, located at www.GBCompost.com/List).
We are able to make this improvement to our Waste Reduction Rewards Program in large part due to the fact that in our second year of existence (August 2022 to present), we more than doubled the volume of food waste (and other organics) we divert from landfill each week (thanks in large part to the massive amounts of waste we pick up each week from our Commercial subscribers, which include Glass Nickel Pizza, Kavarna Coffeehouse, Bellin Hospital & Psychiatric Center, and St. Vincent Hospital), compared to our first year (August 2021 to August 2022), as well as to the introduction of our Gallon-sized bags of compost this past November.
This is a very exciting development for us, because it enables a much larger percentage of our Residential subscribers to earn compost from us, in a much shorter period of time, so more of you can experience the awesomeness of our amazing soil amendment/plant superfood for yourselves (or gift it to your loved ones).
Once this improvement takes effect, the Leaderboard will be updated to reflect subscribers “Compost Points Accrued,” rather than “LBS. OF WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL SINCE 6/1/22”.
Assuming subscribers contact us to advise us they would like to redeem/”cash in” their Points, we will endeavor to distribute their earned compost to them, free of charge and as soon as possible, on one of their future Bucket Swap/Compost Pickup days.
Please note: Once the above-mentioned Leaderboard update is completed, subscribers will be expected to proactively visit the Leaderboard (www.GBCompost.com/Leaderboard) and to contact us, at their convenience, using any of the contact methods available at www.GBCompost.com/Contact, to advise us as to when/how they would like to redeem their Compost Points. Effective 8/1/2023, will no longer be sending individual emails to subscribers to notify them that they have “earned compost” (or accrued a certain number of Compost Points), with rare exception.
Please also note that our compost is, as always, subject to availability, which means we may or may not always have it available, in certain bag sizes, or at certain points in time. That said, we work very hard to ensure our compost is available year-round, in both Gallon and Cubic Foot bags, for both sale and as a reward for our subscribers, and will always do our best to fulfill any requests our subscribers may make to redeem/”cash in” their points (even if such requests are made in the middle of winter).
If you have any questions or concerns about the content of this announcement, please do not hesitate to contact us using any of the contact methods available at www.GBCompost.com/Contact.
Until next time, best wishes & happy composting!
By: Cory Groshek
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Effective immediately, we have made two major upgrades to the rewards programs we offer our subscribers (www.GBCompost.com/Rewards):
To put this into perspective, this means a single cubic foot bag can be had for $23.99 and a gallon-sized bag can be had for $4.80! These prices, for the record, are actually better than the Black Friday deals we just announced to the general public this morning on social media.
(Please note: Subscribers are allowed to use this discount to buy compost on behalf of anyone else they’d like to, including friends and family, with the catch being that they, themselves, must be the ones placing the order/making the compost request.)
We intend to deliver these earned bags of compost inside of our five gallon buckets on regularly scheduled Bucket Swap/Compost Pickup days, unless a subscriber would like their compost earlier, in which case we may meet them at the Green Bay Plaza in west Green Bay, on a date and a time that works well for us both, to deliver the compost.
Please note that as part of this relaunch, we are discontinuing our Partner Program (which has not actually resulted in a single referral to us since its launch several months ago), and rendering any coupon/referral codes created under said program void, effectively immediately.
If you have any questions or concerns about these reward program upgrades, please let us know by using any of the contact methods available at www.GBCompost.com/Contact.
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We would like to introduce you to (and invite you to register for) our newest program, the Greener Bay Compost Partner Program, which has replaced our old Referral Rewards Program, with immediate effect.
Help us make Green Bay a little greener every day and GET PAID for referring new Residential Compost Pickup Service subscribers to us!
PLEASE NOTE: To be accepted into the Partner Program, you must complete the Partner Program registration form at www.GBCompost.com/Partner, be an individual, group, or organization/business that lives, works, or has a physical presence in or near our current Residential Compost Pickup Service Area (which includes all of Green Bay, plus Allouez, Ashwaubenon, Bellevue, De Pere, Hobart, Howard, Ledgeview, and Suamico), and have a PayPal account.
THIS PROGRAM IS A GREAT FIT FOR:
UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE INTO THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL RECEIVE:
A Welcome Email, confirming you have been accepted into the program, which will contain:
A Referral Code, unique to you, which, when used by someone to sign up for our Residential Compost Pickup Service, will ensure you receive credit for your referral, as well as entitle whomever you’ve referred to $1 off their initial subscription.
An 8.5″ x 11″ Partner Program Flyer, a link to which will be found inside the email, which you can print, write your unique Referral Code on, and post anywhere you’d like, to help increase your referrals.
$1 for Each New Month-to-Month Plan Subscriber you Refer, payable on the first Monday of each month, assuming the balance we owe you is at least $5.00.
$5 for Each New 6-Months-Paid-in-Full Plan Subscriber you Refer, payable on the first Monday of each month, assuming the balance we owe you is at least $5.00.
TO REGISTER FOR THE PARTNER PROGRAM TODAY, VISIT: www.GBCompost.com/Partner
If you have any questions, let us know by Contacting Us at www.GBCompost.com/Contact.
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We have a very big announcement to make, which we are quite sure you (and the rest of our subscribers) will be very excited to hear, which is that:
Effective immediately, and backdated to 6/1/22, we are re-launching and revamping what used to be known as our Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program as our new Waste Reduction Rewards Program.
As you may be aware, we announced on 5/15/22 that our Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards program was being replaced with our new Compost Discount Program, for a number of reasons.
Since we made that announcement, however, we have received some very valuable feedback from our subscribers indicating how much they loved that they could earn compost from us through that program, being that many of them have gardens (or have friends or family members with gardens), and that their ability to earn said compost was a major reason for why they signed up with us.
Accordingly, we have made the decision to re-launch this program (and will be updating our website, at www.GBCompost.com/Rewards, to reflect this as soon as possible), with some modifications, to make sure our subscribers have some “skin in the game,” so to say, when it comes to the compost we produce from their would-be organic waste, plus an opportunity to get their hands on some of our amazing, premium compost, even if they choose to never purchase any from us.
(On that note, we have begun taking Compost Requests from anyone–subscribers and non-subscribers alike–who may be interested in purchasing compost from us. If this is something you are interested in, you may make a request at https://www.gbcompost.com/
Please note that because we have backdated this new program to 6/1/22, all the buckets we picked up from our subscribers today (Sunday, 6/5/22) will be taken into consideration when calculating rewards under this new program.
The new Waste Reduction Rewards Program will work as follows:
Important to note: For someone to claim compost under this new Waste Reduction Rewards program, or a discount under our Compost Discount Program, they must be an active subscriber to one of our Curbside Compost Pickup Service plans, with no payments for such plans past due/in arrears.
If you have any questions or concerns about this new Rewards Program, or anything else at all, please do not hesitate to Contact Us at www.GBCompost.com/Contact. We are always here to help!
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We hope you had a wonderful weekend and didn’t get sunburned in the least!
As indicated in the announcements we’ve made over the past three days, if you are a subscriber to our Curbside Compost Pickup Service, you will be directly affected by some major policy and program changes we are making, which will be effective 6/1/22 (a Wednesday).
As stated previously, for the sake of not overwhelming you with too much information in any one announcement, we opted to divide our announcements into a series of announcements: One which was made three days ago, one which was made two days ago, one which was made yesterday (5/14), and, finally, this one today (with the announcements having become progressively more impactful with each day).
Again, we are making these changes to our policies and programs for several reasons:
Today, we have a MAJOR announcement to make, which will affect all of our subscribers, both present and future, which is that, effective 6/1/22, our current Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program, which rewards our subscribers with (1) pound of finished compost for every (15) pounds of would-be organic waste they provide to us, will cease to exist, with a new Compost Discount Program taking its place.
Rather than reward subscribers based on how much would-be organic waste their households provide to us, as the Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program has done since its inception in late August 2021, our new Compost Discount Program will reward subscribers based on how “Clean”/contaminant-free (i.e.: lacking in Not Acceptable items/materials) the contents of their Greener Bay Compost buckets and extras bags of dry materials they provide to us are.
We are making the transition to this new rewards program for several reasons:
Currently, our only revenue stream stems from our Curbside Compost Pickup Service. But in the very near future (as early as next month), our business model will evolve to include the sales of (1) Cubic Foot bags of our compost (for starters), to both our subscribers and the general public.
Accordingly, we must prepare to produce and package up enough compost for sale each year, moving forward, to meet the needs of a market in which compost is not only in great demand, but also extremely short supply (especially given the fertilizer shortages our country is currently suffering from).
This means we can no longer afford to give away our product for free, except for in very small amounts, or in very limited circumstances (such as per the terms of our Referral Rewards Program, which will continue to exist beyond 6/1/22, or for the sake of donating it to local organizations, such as the Northeastern Wisconsin Master Gardeners, local community gardens, etc., in exchange for promotion of our company).
Our new Compost Discount Program will work as follows, effective 6/1/22:
PLEASE NOTE: We intend to sell our (1) Cubic Foot bags (approximately 35-40 pounds) of compost to the general public for $39.99 per bag, plus tax (5.5%), and so the above discounts would apply to that price. Additionally, we intend to charge a delivery fee of $5.00, plus tax (5.5%) to subscribers and non-subscribers alike (which the Compost Discount would not apply to), that is, unless subscribers opt to meet us at the old Sears parking lot on Military Avenue in west Green Bay (or some other location in the middle of our service area, of our choosing) to pick up the compost, on a date and at a time agreed upon by all parties, in which case we will waive this fee for our subscribers.
Now, because we have learned that most subscribers make most of their mistakes, with regard to putting Not Acceptable items/materials in their buckets, over the course of their first two Bucket Swaps/Compost Pickups, we will be introducing what we call the New Subscriber Grace Period, which will guarantee new subscribers a “Clean” bucket designation on each of the first two buckets they provide to us, regardless of whether they’re actually “Clean.” After those first two buckets, however, such subscribers will be playing by the same rules as everyone else.
IMPORTANT TO NOTE: This New Subscriber Grace Period will only be afforded to actual new subscribers (that is, any subscribers who haven’t already received two Bucket Swaps/Compost Pickups from us by 6/1/22).
Having said that, it should be noted that all of our subscribers, regardless of when they originally signed up with us, or how long they’ve been with us, will start with a “clean slate” on 6/1/22, with regard to the number of “Clean” and “Dirty” buckets they’ve provided us to date. In other words, past “Dirty” buckets (from before 6/1/22) will not be held against anyone, and all subscribers will get a fresh start at the beginning of June.
In spite of this, now may be a good time to re-read our list of Acceptable and Not Acceptable Materials, especially whereas we just updated it a few weeks ago, just to be safe/best prepared.
Now, at this point, you’re probably wondering what we’re going to do with any/all the compost you may have earned, or will earn, through 5/31/22, per our current Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program, but have not yet claimed, or have been unable to claim to date, due to you perhaps having not been with us for long enough (six months) to have earned the right to claim said compost.
About that…
We have great news for everyone!
Because we are company that keeps its promises/is true to its word, we will continue to keep track of how much compost our subscribers earn, via our current Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program, through 5/31/22, and come 6/1/22, once we have a final number as to how much compost we still owe everyone, we will be waiving the requirement that subscribers be with us for six months to claim their earned compost and will endeavor, over the next several weeks, to deliver, on a date (or dates) of our choosing (hopefully before the end of June 2022), the compost we owe everyone.
This will be our way of “paying off our debt,” so to say, to our subscribers and putting an end to the Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program in what we believe is the right away–the Greener Bay Compost way–with integrity.
To that effect, shortly after 6/1/22, all subscribers should expect an email from us advising them of the final number of pounds of compost we owe them and what day (or days) we will plan to deliver it to them on. Please note that whatever day or days we choose will not be on a regularly-scheduled Bucket Swap/Compost Pickup day, but rather on some other day(s) of the week that work best for us.
It is our hope that this will give everyone a proper opportunity to experience the amazing benefits of our compost to all plants, whether it is a house plant, crops planted in a garden, or a lawn.
Now that that’s out of the way, you may also be wondering what is to become of the Greener Bay Compost Leaderboard as of 6/1/22, being that we will no longer need it to keep track of how much compost subscribers have earned, claimed, or donated, via the Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program, being that that program will no longer exist.
To that point, please note that we will simply be reconfiguring the Leaderboard to keep track of our new Compost Discount Program-related statistics, including each subscriber’s number of “Clean” and “Dirty” buckets, as well as their “Clean Bucket Percentages.” We expect this reconfiguration to be complete by no later than the end of the day on 6/4/22.
In conclusion, we recognize that the change detailed above is quite dramatic, and will take some getting used to, but we also believe it is for the best, not only for our company, but for our subscribers as well, who we are sure want to help us make our compost as clean and high-quality as possible.
We sincerely hope all of our subscribers will embrace this change and take full advantage of the great, new discounts they will soon be earning through the Compost Discount Program, and support us by buying compost from us, rather than online or from Big Box Stores, in the future.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us using any of the contact methods available at www.GBCompost.com/Contact. We are always here to help and look forward to continuing to serve you in the months (and hopefully years) ahead!
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At Greener Bay Compost, we are proud to share with you the following two huge announcements!
First, we have officially launched our Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program, to not only reward subscribers for their loyalty to us, but also for diverting as much of their organic, would-be waste as possible from landfill to our compost piles.
The way this program works is simple:
For every 15 pounds of organic, would-be waste our subscribers place in their compost buckets (not including the weight of our buckets, lids, and BioBag compostable bucket liners), our subscribers will earn one pound of finished compost, which is like “black gold” for gardens of all kinds!
The only catch is that for our subscribers to be eligible to claim this finished compost, they must remain a subscriber of ours for at least six months.
Please note: Signing up for one of our 6-Months-Paid-in-Full Plans, in and of itself, does not render a subscriber eligible for finished compost. Only spending at least six full, consecutive months of Curbside Compost Pickup Services from us, with no breaks in service, will render a subscriber eligible for finished compost.
We anticipate having finished compost ready to give out come early Spring of 2022, so if you’re not yet a subscriber of ours and would like to get in on some our amazing finished compost, you will want to make sure you subscribe to one of our Curbside Compost Pickup Plans no later than the end of September or October, 2021, so as to ensure you’ve been a subscriber of ours for long enough to qualify for said compost, prior to Spring planting time!
The same goes for friends, family members, and/or co-workers you may have been trying to convince to also sign up with us. If you’ve been having trouble convincing them to sign up with us based on the benefits of our services to our environment and community alone, now you have a whole new, much more personally beneficial incentive you can tell them about!
Please note: Because we have been weighing our subscribers full buckets since the inception of our business, all existing subscribers of ours will be receiving retroactive credit for the poundage they have already provided to us in weeks past, toward their future finished compost.
To make it easy for our existing subscribers to keep track of how many months of service they’ve had with us, how much organic, would-be waste they’ve included in their bucket, how many pounds of finished compost they’ve earned, and how many pounds of finished compost they’ve claimed, we will be creating personal Rewards Program webpages for each of our subscribers, which they can visit, with no login necessary. Existing subscribers can expect a separate email from us in the days ahead with links to these webpages.
Please note that we understand that not all of our subscribers are gardeners and therefore may have little to no need for the finished compost they may earn from us. As such, any subscribers who earns finished compost will have a several options with regards to what can be done with said compost:
Further to the point about telling friends, family members, and/or co-workers about us, we are also proud to announce that, in conjunction with our Loyalty and Waste Reduction Rewards Program, we have launched our Referral Rewards Program, which will see our existing subscribers earn a pound of finished compost for every new subscriber they refer to us who signs up for one of our Month-to-Month Curbside Compost Pickup plans, or a five pounds of finished compost for every new subscriber who signs up for one of our 6-Months-Paid-in-Full Curbside Compost Pickup plans, regardless of how many months of service the referring subscriber has had with us.
To facilitate this Referral Rewards Program, we have added a “Referred By” field to our subscription forms at www.GBCompost.com. To ensure you get credit for referring your friends, family members, and/or co-workers to us, please be sure to emphasize to such individuals the importance of naming you in this field, so we will know who we owe finished compost to.
If for some reason a friend, family member, or co-worker you’ve referred to us neglects to put your name in the “Referred By” field, simply have them Contact Us at www.GBCompost.com/Contact to let us know who referred them, and we will make sure you get credit for the referral.
Please note: The aforementioned, individual Rewards Program webpages we will be creating for our existing subscribers will also contain details on how many others our subscribers have referred to us, how many pounds of finished compost they’ve earned based on their referrals, and how much of this finished compost they’ve claimed.
Having said all of the above, it is important to note that finished compost from Greener Bay Compost is always subject to availability. In other words, it is possible that we will be unable to provide finished compost to our subscribers, even when they’ve earned it and are eligible to claim it, due to a lack of said compost being in existence.
Should finished compost not be available at the time subscribers who are eligible to claim it make a claim to it, such subscribers will retain the right claim said compost at its earliest availability, and we will do our best here at Greener Bay Compost to keep all our subscribers informed as to availability of finished compost via www.GBCompost.com, email, and social media. Furthermore, we will provide said compost to eligible subscribers in the order in which we’ve received claims for said compost.
Should we have finished compost leftover after providing the amount of it we owe to our subscribers who have earned it, we will then endeavor to sell this leftover compost at a tentative price of $1.50 per pound, and anyone who would like to purchase this compost, whether a subscriber of ours or not, will be able to do so through www.GBCompost.com, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
If you have any questions or concerns about either of our new Rewards Programs, please do not hesitate to contact us using any of the contact options available at www.GBCompost.com/Contact or visit www.GBCompost.com/Rewards for more details! And thank you, as always, for helping us make Green Bay a little greener every day!