My Green Michigan

What My Green Michigan does

My Green Michigan (MGM) is a privately held organics collection company founded in 2014 in Dimondale, Michigan, specializing in food waste recycling and composting logistics for commercial and institutional customers across Southern Lower Michigan. The company provides scheduled organics collection services using organics-rated carts and a fleet of compactor trucks, servicing restaurants, academic institutions, healthcare facilities, and corporate environments, and has more recently expanded into municipal drop-off pilots serving residential households. Underlying infrastructure includes the Tiger Depack HS90 industrial depackaging unit — the largest in its class — which separates organic material from packaging at scale, enabling processing of packaged food waste that would otherwise be landfilled. End-of-pipe composting is contracted to two state-registered industrial composting partners: Spurt Industries (southeast Michigan) and Hammond Farms (mid, west, and southwest Michigan), both producing STA Certified compost with BPI-recognized compostable inputs.

The business operates on a subscription/recurring revenue model with monthly invoicing and custom service agreements priced by frequency, cart count, and contamination handling. GTM is sales-led via a dedicated sales specialist (Carinne Silverman), supplemented by municipal partnerships, content marketing, and industry association presence. The company reported 10,000+ tons of expected annual landfill diversion from the new depackaging system, a long-tenured customer relationship with Bell's Brewing (since 2017), and recent expansion via the Washtenaw County/City of Ypsilanti drop-off pilot (300 households, 30,000–45,000 pounds targeted in six months). Ownership is held by three partners — Lee Hammond Jr., Cliff Walkington, and Bill Whitley — with no external institutional investors disclosed. In August 2025, MGM acquired CO Sustainability for an undisclosed amount, signaling inorganic growth intent. The company holds 1–10 employees and is self-described as the largest Michigan-owned food waste recycler.

Name

My Green Michigan

Legal name

My Green Michigan, LLC

Website

https://mygreenmi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

My Green Michigan is a privately held Michigan-based organics collection company that provides scheduled food waste recycling and composting services to commercial, institutional, and municipal customers across Southern Lower Michigan, using organics-rated carts, compactor trucks, and industrial depackaging infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621), Compost Manufacturing (325315)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Organics Collection & Processing (Composting/Anaerobic Digestion) (IMAIAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Source-Separated Organics (SSO) Collection & Hauling (EUAIAEAA), Residential Curbside Organics Programs (Municipal/Franchise) (BPALAEAF), Organics Transfer & Pre-Processing (Food/Yard Waste) (BPALABAC), Organics & Composting Programs (Food Waste, Green Waste) (BPABALAC)

Keywords

• Food waste recycling
• Organics collection services
• Commercial compost hauling
• Food scrap diversion
• Industrial composting logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Dimondale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Organics Collection Services: Recurring collection services for food scraps and approved compostable materials. Customers receive organics-rated carts and scheduled pickups. Service terms indicate invoicing with 30-day payment terms. Revenue is generated through service fees contracted with commercial partners, municipalities, and institutional operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

My Green Michigan provides scheduled food waste and organics collection services for commercial, institutional, and government customers across Southern Lower Michigan. The company supplies organics-rated carts, performs consistent pickup on customized schedules, and routes collected material to two state-registered industrial composting partners (Spurt Industries and Hammond Farms) for STA Certified compost production. The service is contracted under custom Service Agreements with monthly invoicing and 30-day payment terms.

Product overview

My Green Michigan operates as a single-product food waste collection and composting service with an industrial depackaging add-on. The core offering is organics collection services using organics-rated carts for restaurants, academic institutions, healthcare, and corporate environments. The company has expanded its capabilities with an industrial depackaging module (Tiger Depack HS90) that processes packaged food waste at scale. The company contracts hauling and composting services to partner facilities (Spurt Industries and Hammond Farms) to ensure uncontaminated loads are diverted from landfill to composting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organics Collection Services Scheduled food waste and approved compostable material collection services for commercial restaurants, academic institutions, healthcare facilities, and corporate environments across Southern Lower Michigan. The company supplies organics-rated carts and tailored pickup schedules, with monthly invoicing under custom Service Agreements.
• Food Scrap Drop-off Program Community-facing food scrap drop-off program allowing residential households to drop off food waste at designated locations for composting instead of landfill disposal. Operated through municipal partnerships, including the Washtenaw County and City of Ypsilanti pilot.
• Industrial Depackaging Services Large-scale processing service using the Tiger Depack HS90 industrial depackaging unit to separate organic material from packaging at scale. Enables processing of packaged food waste that would otherwise go to landfills.

Quantifiable outcome

• Expected to divert over 10,000 tons of food from landfills annually with new depackaging system
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Washtenaw CountyflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025County government partner for food scrap drop-off pilot program as part of Washtenaw County Resiliency Plan's goal to develop a county-wide organics program. Program targets up to 300 households and aims to divert 30,000-45,000 pounds of food waste within its first six months. County secured nearly $10,000 in grant funding from Closed Loop Partners and BPI.
• City of YpsilantiflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2025Municipal partner collaborating with Washtenaw County on food scrap drop-off pilot program. Local government entity providing site access and community engagement for the organics diversion initiative.
• Spurt IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-registered industrial composting facility supporting southeast Michigan operations. Processes material collected in Metro Detroit area. Produces STA Certified compost and soil blends sold in bulk. Accepts organic waste drop-offs including food and yard waste. Member of US Composting Council, Composting Council of Michigan, Michigan Recycling Coalition, and Michigan Organics Council.
• Hammond FarmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-registered industrial composting facility supporting mid, west, and southwest Michigan operations. Processes all material collected in these regions. Operates five store locations in Greater Lansing selling landscaping supplies including compost, soil, mulch, and gravel. Accepts drop-offs of food waste, yard waste, and other organics. Produces STA Certified compost. Partner owner Lee Hammond Jr. is also MGM co-founder.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Republic Services: Major U.S. solid waste hauler with an organics recycling offering through its Recycling & Sustainability Services. Operates in Michigan and competes for large commercial organics contracts MGM also targets.
• Waste Management (WM): Largest North American solid waste and recycling hauler with an established organics recycling program through multiple subsidiaries. Offers overlapping organics collection services across Michigan as part of a much broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Atlas Organics: Midwest-based organics recycler offering food waste collection and industrial composting with a partnership model similar to MGM's use of third-party composters. Overlaps in target customers (grocery, foodservice, municipalities).
• Bootstrap Compost: Subscription food scrap collection service serving residential and small commercial customers in Central Ohio. Closely comparable subscription-based, education-led GTM targeting restaurants and small businesses.
• CompostNow: Subscription-based residential and commercial food scrap pickup service operating across the U.S. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Comparable subscription pricing model, customer verticals, and partnership-driven composting endpoint.
• Rust Belt Riders: Cleveland-based subscription food waste collection service that aggregates residential and commercial organics and routes them to local composting partners. Closely mirrors MGM's model of recurring collection + downstream composting partnership.
• Cycle Point: De-packaging technology provider that separates organics from packaging at industrial scale for downstream composting. Directly comparable to MGM's Tiger Depack HS90 capability and operates in adjacent Midwest geographies.

Regional players

• Sumpter Enterprise Services: Michigan-based waste and recycling hauler serving commercial and residential customers in Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan. Operates in the same geography and competes for many of the same commercial organics accounts MGM targets.
• GreenWaste Recovery: California-based integrated organics and recycling hauler with significant food waste collection and composting operations. Comparable vertically integrated model (collection through to compost production) but operates in a different geography.

Direct peers

• Recology: Employee-owned organics collection and composting operator serving the Western U.S. Directly comparable to My Green Michigan in service model (residential and commercial organics collection routed to owned/partner composting facilities) and customer verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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