{"id":18579,"date":"2015-04-15T12:18:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T16:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18579"},"modified":"2015-04-20T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T21:21:36","slug":"food-waste-collection-entrepreneur-balances-business-with-grade-school-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/food-waste-collection-entrepreneur-balances-business-with-grade-school-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Waste Collection Entrepreneur Balances Business With Grade School [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bike-powered-food-waste-collection-and-compost-delivery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18580\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bike-powered-food-waste-collection-and-compost-delivery.jpg\" alt=\"bike powered food waste collection and compost delivery\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bike-powered-food-waste-collection-and-compost-delivery.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bike-powered-food-waste-collection-and-compost-delivery-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I suppose I&#8217;m showing my age by admitting that the lemonade stand comes to mind when I think of a business run by a child. But just like young adults foregoing college for <a href=\"http:\/\/ecopreneurist.com\/2014\/05\/07\/small-town-entrepreneurs-succeed-crowdfunded-bike-tour-documentary\/\">entrepreneurship<\/a>, younger kids are much more savvy than I ever was at that age.<\/p>\n<p>Carter Schmidt hasn&#8217;t finished grade school yet, but he&#8217;s already a seasoned entrepreneur: he&#8217;s been running his <a href=\"http:\/\/carterscompost.com\/\">bicycle-based food waste collection and compost delivery service<\/a> since 2012. In this interview with local news in his home town of Traverse City, Michigan, Carter shows he understands both the benefits of <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2014\/10\/composting-entrepreneurs\/\">composting<\/a>, and the means by which he can keep his service profitable:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0OulTZK3wg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While this interview is a couple of years old, Carter is still at it: he&#8217;s even expanded his range of services, and brought on employees! He&#8217;s got a <a href=\"http:\/\/carterscompost.com\/\">website<\/a>, a logo, and active accounts at <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/carterscompost\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carterscompost\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CartersCompost\">Facebook<\/a>. And he&#8217;s taking advantage of other forms of technology: you\u00a0pay for <a href=\"http:\/\/carterscompost.com\/2015\/03\/26\/bucket\/\">on-demand pick up<\/a>, for instance, with a smart phone app.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, he&#8217;s obviously getting some help &#8211; it&#8217;s pretty clear he&#8217;s working hard, too. Just as important, he&#8217;s certainly educating his adult neighbors on the benefits of composting (and making it easy for them to do it).<\/p>\n<p>Know of other kids who&#8217;ve already gotten into the waste business? Share their stories with us (or point us to their websites!).<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-248512189\/stock-photo-garden-fork-turning-black-composted-soil-in-wooden-compost-bin.html?src=ubepeDyLZlcfVXlMiwrZ5Q-1-6\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth-grader Carter Schmidt has been collecting food waste and delivering finished compost by bike for three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":18580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[8070,8068,1817,5123,8069],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Food Waste Collection &amp; Compost Delivery: Carter&#039;s Compost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fifth-grader Carter Schmidt has been in the food waste collection and compost 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