LA Compost tracking & impact platform
Mission: inspire more participation in community composting, and empower LA Compost with impact data and analytics
Services:
Research & MVP iteration
Community building
Software product design and development
SaaS for white labelled B2C app and enterprise analytics dashboard
Solution: as members of the LA Compost community, we developed and white labelled an app for LA Compost to measure, track and reward food waste diverted by residents, which provides both LA Compost and participating residents with personalized data on the positive impact of composting.
Calculating and celebrating this impact created a positive feedback loop and spurred a virtuous cycle of engagement; people shared their impact with friends, and more people started composting! Furthermore, this data demonstrated both the demand and value of compost to stakeholders such as foundations and policy makers to help remove barriers to funding and development.
After the successful launch of the app in 1 location in 2020, we now serve over 5,800 people across 23 LA Compost drop-off locations.
We have tracked over 78,000 compost actions in LA, that have saved over 737,336 lbs of food from landfills, avoiding 648,855 pounds of CO2e emissions.
The LA Compost branded web-app people use to log drop offs and track impact!
The admin portal LA Compost uses to analyze and track drop off data, impact, identify opportunities and streamline reporting.
Beautiful food scraps brought my a community member.
The first people using the new app at the Elysian Valley Garden LA Compost drop off.