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for regular waste pickups at City Hall

and two other facilities. The money has

been welcome; currently, Recycled City

turns massive mounds of compost with

a single aging tractor, and employees

pick up food waste with one old truck.

Plans are underway to upgrade to new-

er equipment.

Recycled City also desperately needs

a larger labor pool. With a waiting

list of more than 50 commercial cli-

ents and many additional individual

homeowners, plus new leases on urban

farmland, the sustainable start-up is on

the cusp of dramatic growth. Hill is

looking for an administrator, a sales-

person, and several gardeners. His am-

bitious plans for Recycled City extend

far beyond staffing and equipment.

“I picture it being one of the biggest

companies in the country in organic

agriculture,” he says. “We’ve created a

new business model, and it’s going to

be copied by a lot of people. I’ve been

saying this from the beginning: The

full-circle business model — food to

food — is going to be mainstream one

day.” In Phoenix, that day may be close

at hand.

Rebecca Martin is an editor at Mother

earth News and an avid recycler

of food waste. She maintains four

compost piles in her urban garden.

Opposite: Recycled City owner and

founder J. D. Hill picks up food waste by

bicycle in Phoenix’s historic Coronado

neighborhood, and turns compost piles

at the South Mountains facility. Right: Hill

and Swenson bag finished compost to

distribute to customers.

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