Pricing
You pay $25 a bucket, with a minimum per pickup that covers sending a van to your door at all. Three buckets in Brooklyn lands exactly on that minimum, so it costs the same as one. Charged per pickup, with no subscription, no monthly minimum, and no sales call to see a number. New York sales tax is added at billing.
Past 20 buckets the rate drops to $18, and it is marginal rather than retroactive: 21 buckets is 20 at $25 and 1 at $18. We do not reprice the whole load either way.
| 6 buckets ($25 each) | $150.00 |
| Sales tax | $13.31 |
| Per pickup | $163.31 |
About 120 lbs per pickup at an estimated 20 lbs a bucket. You are charged per pickup. There is no monthly minimum and no subscription.
Per pickup
The last column is the argument for consolidating onto one larger stop instead of splitting across days.
| Buckets | Approx. lbs | Brooklyn / pickup | Manhattan / pickup | Effective $ / bucket (BK) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | $75.00 | $100.00 | $75.00 |
| 2 | 40 | $75.00 | $100.00 | $37.50 |
| 3 | 60 | $75.00 | $100.00 | $25.00 |
| 4 | 80 | $100.00 | $100.00 | $25.00 |
| 5 | 100 | $125.00 | $125.00 | $25.00 |
| 6 | 120 | $150.00 | $150.00 | $25.00 |
| 8 | 160 | $200.00 | $200.00 | $25.00 |
| 10 | 200 | $250.00 | $250.00 | $25.00 |
| 12 | 240 | $300.00 | $300.00 | $25.00 |
| 15 | 300 | $375.00 | $375.00 | $25.00 |
| 18 | 360 | $450.00 | $450.00 | $25.00 |
| 20 | 400 | $500.00 | $500.00 | $25.00 |
| 21 | 420 | $518.00 | $518.00 | $24.67 |
| 25 | 500 | $590.00 | $590.00 | $23.60 |
Rates exclude New York sales tax at 8.875%, which is added when you are billed. Six buckets in Brooklyn is $163.31 all in.
| Bucket deposit Collected at signup, refundable. This is the only charge at signup. | $10.00 / bucket |
| Bucket replacement, per bucket not returned | $10.00 |
| Readiness surcharge For the affected day. First incident always waived. | $75.00 |
| Weekly | Default for anything producing food waste. |
| Bi-weekly | Offices and low-volume kitchens. |
| Monthly | Only available at 4 buckets or fewer. Four weeks of food scraps in a bucket is a pest and odor problem. |