2018-275-E Solid Waste - Judy Brooks contracting

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 7796CD94- 342E- 40D0- B7C3- A2B604F926B4 immediately and effectively with the client. Their serviceware availability has been first approved by Brooks Compost Facility but also approved by their clients as high quality and affordable to meet their needs as a food service business. We feel the collaborative approach that Brooks Contractor and CompostNow provide has resulted in cleaner feedstocks, higher excitement from waste generators, broad engagement of the community, and most importantly the overall satisfaction of both waste generator and composter. In speaking of our cooperation with each other, over the years as CompostNow and the organics market has grown we have worked together to handle significant tonnage and divert more organics from the landfill. Currently, CompostNow diverts over 140 tons per month from waste generators in the Triangle (2000+ homes, 200+ busineses) and that is just what Brooks Contractor collects. Some form of the waste stream goes to other community efforts besides a commercial compost facility. It is our combined goal to retrieve materials that would otherwise be headed to the landfill and focus on those generators that may not have been interested in composting if it were not for a direct approach designed to engage and propel businesses and communities to take notice of their waste stream and the impact it could potentially have if managed properly. We feel this is the type of collaboration that Orange County Solid Waste seeks to revitalize and expand their current composting program. ComnostNow's subcontractor profile After realizing how difficult it was to manage a home compost receptacle, especially in small backyards, apartments, and condominiums, Matt Rostetter set out in 2010 to create a system that would allow anyone to compost at home without the hassle and maintenance of a compost bin. CompostNow was founded the following year. In early 2012, Matt was joined by two co- founders. Justin. Senkbeil (business strategy, operations and team development) serving as President and Chief Executive Officer and Dominique Bischof (co- founder of Durham -based TransLoc, a public transit technology company with customers nationwide) serving as Chief Technical Officer. Both brought a focus on growing and expanding the company's impact through process improvements, technology development and creation of new services. The company has since expanded to service households, offices, cafes, restaurants and large food service establishments throughout the Triangle, Asheville, and most recently Atlanta, G.A. The early years of the company were focused on defining collection processes, investing in operational capacity, developing proprietary operational and customer facing software, building up a core customer base and creating key industry relationships. 2013 -18 saw steady increases in residential customers in the Triangle along with the successful launch of residential service in Asheville, and the introduction of commercial services for companies ranging in size from 5 people to 30,000 person campuses. In 2017, the sale and distribution of compostable serviceware was added, leveraging in -house software development abilities and flexible transport vehicles. Long -term sustainability has been achieved and the company continues to see solid year -over- year growth. CompostNow currently sits at 33 full time employees (22 in the Triangle), and projects being at 40 -50 full time employees by the end of 2018. Full -time staff currently includes a software developer, a creative director, customer support team members, account managers, lead outreach and education coordinator, marketing and sales team members, operations manager and operations team leads, and 7+ drivers in the Triangle (hiring more). CompostNow also has