Think bicycle courier and images of fast paced daredevil cyclists carrying time sensitive architectural plans or business contracts through a dense urban core come to mind. But how about diaper delivery or weekly composting pickups?
In addition to the more mundane business deliveries, those are the type of jobs Cascade Couriers of Bend are is promoting.
Daniel Brewster started the company in 2007 and has one other employee. As he told KVTZ he has high hopes for the future:
“It might seem idealistic, but I’d like to see 20-30 trailers out there picking up compost or just delivering stuff, I think that would be great.”
One of their more interesting services is weekly or bi-weekly (once every two weeks) compost pickup. The company provides a 3 gallon sealed bucket for kitchen scraps. For $15 a month they will pickup weekly and for $10 a month bi-weekly. The company delivers the food scraps to an area farm.
Could this be a solution to Portland’s lack of a composting program?
You can find more information on the composting program here and the full article by KVTZ.com here.
Tom Turnbull said
This service would do well in Portland…
sara said
Great blog post. A minor correction, please. The owner’s name is DANIEL Brewster.
fredross said
Thanks – it’s corrected.