Our Mission
O-Town Compost seeks to become a key component of Central Florida’s waste diversion infrastructure to shift our culture away from a throw-away society towards a zero-waste society.
About Us
Founder, Charlie Pioli, started his career in solid waste & recycling consulting, where he witnessed the egregious waste our country produces on a regular basis. Spurred to action, he started O-Town Compost with a pitchfork and Camry, because he thought it'd be fun, and to give his community a sustainable option to recycle their food scraps.
Scrappy but happy!
General Manager, Erin Schornagle spent her prior career working at SeaWorld, and pivoted to come divert food waste with us. She’s a special person, and a Jill-of-all-Trades.
Erin was born and raised in East Orlando, not far from the Orange County Landfill.
Erin loves the O-Town community!
Warehouse Manager, Stephen Howard, worked in food & beverage at many of the same hotels we’re collecting from today.
Born & raised in Japan, he brings a lot of hard-work and dedication making sure our buckets sparkle.
Heavily invested in the black gold market.
Erik Amnott, keeps our vehicles humming along as Fleet Manager. He comes from Fleet Farming, an Orlando urban farming non-profit, and grows a lot of his own food at home, as well as experiments growing veggies and herbs in our warehouse.
Would rather be managing a fleet of bicycles.
O-Town Team at Wekiva Island enjoying time off!