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Compost Services

Submitted by rethinkw-superadmin on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 12:46.

You can put your food scraps and food- and beverage-soiled paper products with your yard trimmings in your green Compost Cart.

What You CAN Compost

Food Scraps

  • Bread, grains & pasta
  • Bones
  • Coffee grounds
  • Dairy
  • Eggshells
  • Fish & shellfish
  • Fruit (pits ok)
  • Meat
  • Poultry
  • Vegetables

Paper Products (food- & beverage-soiled only)

  • Coffee filters
  • Ice cream containers
  • Paper bags
  • Paper cups
  • Paper plates
  • Paper napkins
  • Paper towels
  • Paper take-out boxes & containers
  • Pizza boxes
  • Tea bags
  • Waxed cardboard & paper
  • Wine corks (natural only)

Yard Trimmings

  • Branches & brush
  • Flowers & floral trimmings
  • Grass & yard clippings
  • Leaves
  • Tree trimmings
  • Untreated, clean wood
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What You CANNOT Compost

Please, NO:

  • Animal waste
  • Ash
  • Cat litter
  • Concrete & asphalt
  • Cooking oil
  • Diapers
  • Dirt, rocks & bricks
  • Glass
  • Liquids
  • Palm fronds
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic corks
  • Plywood
  • Recyclables (glass, aluminum, paper & plastics #1-7)
  • Styrofoam packaging, food containers & peanuts
  • Treated & painted wood
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Kitchen Pails

Residents have been provided 2-gallon kitchen pails that are meant to be used as a convenience in your home. Simply use the pail for scraps in your home then empty the contents into your Compost Cart. The pail does not get placed on the street for collection. Contact Recology if you need to order a replacement kitchen pail.

You can use newspapers, paper bags and paper towels to line the kitchen pail or collect your food scraps.

You can also now use compostable bags to line your kitchen pail or Compost Cart, and to collect food scraps. The bags must be approved as compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), and can be found at Costco, Whole Foods, Mollie Stones and some Safeway, Walgreens and CVS locations.

For a list of approved bags, click here.

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Composting Tips

Food scraps collection is easy! Use your kitchen pail, or any other container that you would like to collect your food scraps in before emptying into your Compost Cart. It's environmentally the right thing to do, and can greatly help you reduce the amount of garbage you have!

Still not sure about composting? Check out Recology's Composting Tips for suggestions and ideas.

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