Spend a season turning
scraps into soil.
A 4-5 month compost internship with Cariboo Compost: help run our curbside collection routes and composting facility, and live rent-free in your semi-own space while you do it.
Keeping organic waste out of the landfill — and back on the land.
Cariboo Compost runs a weekly curbside collection for homes and businesses in Williams Lake, BC. Plus seasonal yard waste pickups and organics-diversion programs for restaurants and local drop-off locations. What we collect gets processed and turned into finished, locally-produced compost that goes back into growing food nearby.
drop-off sites
Commercial routes
Part-time, hands-on, outdoors — about 20-25 hours a week.
You’ll split your time between the collection routes and the composting facility itself, learning the whole cycle from bucket to finished soil.
Route pickups
Collect full buckets from residential and commercial customers, swap in clean ones, and keep the weekly schedule running on time.
Facility work
Maintaining and monitoring composting systems, managing finished compost, and general upkeep at the processing site.
Seasonal yard waste
Support the fall yard waste program — leaves, grass, and branches — as it winds down through October and November.
Learning the craft
Hands-on exposure to medium-scale composting operations, customer relationships, and what it takes to run a local organics diversion business.
What you get in return.
Your own space
A private room in the place of residence with partially shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities. Large playful backyard and full privacy when owner is gone.
$30-$35 / hour
A small monthly stipend on top of free/trade housing arrangement plus a gas card.
You don’t need experience in composting — just the right disposition.
Comfortable with physical, outdoor work through a BC fall and winter
Have a valid driver’s license for route days
Genuinely curious about soil, waste systems, or small-scale agriculture
Happy with quiet, small-town rural life for a season
Reliable and comfortable working independently once shown the ropes
Available for the full October–January term
Tell us a bit about yourself.
Send an email introducing yourself — who you are, why this season interests you, and any relevant experience (none required).
We’ll set up a call to talk through the role, the space, and answer your questions.
If it’s a fit on both sides, we’ll confirm your mid September start date and get you settled in.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis — apply by [August 20, 2026].
Cariboo Compost 