You really want to put THAT in your compost?

You really want to put THAT in your compost?

Posted on Jul 15, 2019 in Uncategorized

Some musings on PFAS, Bio-Plastics, and Sustainable Materials Management If you’ve been following Schmelly’s on social media, you have probably seen recent posts about new research coming out on PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) in biodegradable and compostable food containers and serviceware. With the push for more responsible, environmentally-friendly consumption, there has been a boom in the […]

Schmelly’s in the Parish

Schmelly’s in the Parish

Posted on May 2, 2019 in News

On March 28th, Schmelly’s founder Nicola Krebill took home the grand prize at the 5th annual Startup St. Bernard pitch event. Schmelly’s was selected by a panel of judges – Mindy Nunez Airhart,  President and CEO of Southern Services and Equipment, Inc;  Kristen Essig, co-owner and co-chef at Coquette; Andy Kopplin, President and CEO of the […]

Schmelly’s featured on WWNO’s Out To Lunch

Schmelly’s featured on WWNO’s Out To Lunch

Posted on May 24, 2018 in News

Schmelly’s Dirt Farm & Local Cooling Farm were guests on WWNO’s Out To Lunch with Peter Ricchiuti, a lovely weekly radio program in New Orleans where guests are fed lunch at Commander’s Palace and asked questions between fork-fulls of delicious food. My kind of interview. “It would take an Armageddon-like catastrophe to turn us all […]

Schmelly’s accepted into Propeller’s startup accelerator

Schmelly’s accepted into Propeller’s startup accelerator

Posted on Sep 18, 2017 in News

We’re excited to announce that we’ve been accepted into the Propeller’s 2017 business startup accelerator that begins this week. Every week Propeller gathers all the ventures in the program together to connect, check-in, collaborate, and learn new skills from guests speakers and workshops. We have be paired with business mentor Lisa Amoss, founding president of […]

Compost N.O.W. & Schmelly’s featured in BioCycle magazine

Compost N.O.W. & Schmelly’s featured in BioCycle magazine

Posted on Sep 7, 2017 in Uncategorized

Schmelly’s and Compost N.O.W. were featured in the September 2017 issue of BioCycle magazine for our residential food scrap collection program hosted at 5 public libraries around the city. We hope to expand to 7 libraries by early next year. find the writeup at: http://www.biocycle.net/2017/09/07/composting-roundup-77/