UNDERNEWS: Best cities for composting

January 20, 2026

Best cities for composting

LawnStarter looked at the Top Cities for Composting in 2026.

Top 10 Cities for Composting in 2026

San Diego
New York
Los Angeles
Boston
Santa Monica, California
Orlando, Florida
Austin, Texas
Gainesville, Florida
Minneapolis
San Francisco

To come up with this ranking, we compared the 500 largest U.S. cities based on 11 total metrics, including access to both city-run and private composting services, average yard size, and policies driving compost access, like zero-waste initiatives.

28 cities in our ranking have both municipal and private composting options for residents. This is the case for our top 5 cities, as well as cities like Washington, D.C. (No. 19), San Antonio (No. 25), and Raleigh, North Carolina (No. 60).

Residents of cities like Cedar Rapids, Iowa (No. 45), Athens, Georgia (No. 48), and Knoxville, Tennessee (No. 110), enjoy access to both municipal and private composting programs and ample yard space for creating a compost pile at home. Full story

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