Food waste composting for nonprofits and community organizations throughout Texas.

Moonshot Compost helps nonprofits, foundations, faith communities, and community organizations across Texas divert food waste from kitchens and food prep areas into a composting program that is clean, simple, and measurable. We work with organizations of all sizes in Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and Waco.

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Nonprofits and community organizations generate food waste in kitchens every day - from community meal prep, event catering, and daily staff food service. Too often, that food ends up in the trash, where it breaks down without oxygen and produces methane.

Composting redirects that waste into an aerobic process that turns it into a useful soil amendment instead. For nonprofits, that also means a record of measurable environmental impact that can support donor reporting, grant applications, and stakeholder communications.

A composting program designed for nonprofit and community organizations.

Kitchens of all sizesn

Nonprofits generate food waste across a wide range of kitchen environments - from small staff break rooms to full commercial kitchens preparing community meals and events. Moonshot right-sizes the program to fit your actual volume, with the containers and pickup frequency your operation needs.

Variable food waste volumes

Food waste can fluctuate with event schedules, seasonal programs, and shifts in service demand. Moonshot works with you to set a pickup schedule that reflects your operation and can be adjusted over time as your needs change.

Budget and resource constraints

Nonprofits operate with lean teams and careful budgets. Moonshot's program is designed to run without placing extra demands on staff or volunteers - clean container swaps, simple sorting rules, and a service structure that handles the logistics for you.

Data for reporting and accountability

Every container is weighed at pickup, and that data is available in real time through the Diversion Dashboard. For nonprofits, that means verifiable diversion numbers you can use in donor reports, grant applications, and organizational communications.

Startup consult

Every program starts with a conversation about your kitchen operations, food waste volume, and site logistics. From there, Moonshot helps map out a program that fits your organization and can be refined over time as diversion data comes in.

Clean storage and handling

Moonshot's sealed containers help control odors and pests in kitchen and food prep areas. At every pickup, full containers are removed and replaced with clean, washed ones, keeping the program easy to maintain and the workspace clean.

Divert your food waste in 3 easy steps.

1

Set aside compostables

Place food waste in your Moonshot-provided container.

2

We collect your food waste

3

We pick it up on the agreed schedule and replace full containers with clean, washed ones.

We report your impact

Each container is weighed at pickup so you can track pounds diverted and carbon equivalencies through your Diversion Dashboard.

See how much Texas nonprofits are diverting.

The data below reflects total pounds diverted across Moonshot's nonprofit and community organization customers in Texas, along with carbon equivalencies that give that diversion real-world context.

Put your diversion data to work.

Your Diversion Dashboard gives you an up-to-date record of how much food waste your organization is keeping out of the landfill. Track monthly and cumulative pounds diverted, review carbon equivalencies, and bring that data into donor reports, grant applications, and organizational communications.

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Discover advanced reporting with our Diversion Dashboard

Making composting easy.

A clean container with every pickup

A real-time record of every pound diverted

Simple sorting rules - if it grows, it goes - any kitchen team can follow

What happens to your food waste?

Every container Moonshot collects is delivered to a TCEQ-permitted composting facility, where the material goes through aerobic processing and becomes finished compost returned to the soil.

Nothing ends up in a landfill. Nothing produces methane. The food waste your kitchen generates each week becomes a soil amendment instead of a source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Nonprofit composting FAQs.

Getting started

  • No. Moonshot right-sizes every program to fit your actual volume, whether you have a small staff kitchen or a full commercial operation preparing community meals. There is no minimum volume requirement.

  • Every program begins with a conversation about your kitchen operations, food waste volume, and site logistics. Moonshot then maps out a container and pickup setup that fits your organization, with adjustments made over time as real diversion data comes in.

  •  Moonshot serves commercial customers in Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and Waco.

Reporting and accountability

  • Every container is weighed at pickup and that data is updated in real time through the Diversion Dashboard - no login required. You can track cumulative and monthly pounds diverted, along with carbon equivalencies.

  • Yes. Moonshot provides weight-based diversion data that can be used directly in donor reports, grant applications, and organizational communications.

  • The Diversion Dashboard is publicly accessible - no login required - making it easy to share your organization's diversion record with donors, constituents, and the wider community.

Operations and handling

  • If it grows, it goes. All food waste is accepted - raw and cooked food, meat, dairy, produce, coffee grounds, and paper that is not plastic-lined. Plastic, metal, and glass are not accepted. See the full list of compostables.

  •  No. Moonshot's containers use sealed lids that keep odors and pests contained. At every pickup, full containers are removed and replaced with clean, washed ones.

  • Pickup frequency is set based on your volume and adjusted over time. Moonshot works with you to find a schedule that fits your operation.

Budget and resources

  • Moonshot prices programs based on your volume and pickup frequency, so you are not paying for more service than you need. The program is also designed to run without placing extra demands on staff or volunteers.

  • Yes. Moonshot's service model replaces the need for manual hauling or volunteer-managed logistics with a professional, predictable collection schedule.

Start diverting your organization's food waste.

Your kitchen generates food waste every day. Moonshot helps you redirect it into a composting program that is clean, easy to run, and backed by real diversion data, so your organization can show the impact.