What can I drop off? We divide compostable items into kitchen scraps and yard waste.
Kitchen scraps that are OK to bring:
- All fruits and vegetables
- Bread, pasta, baked goods
- Coffee grounds and filters, tea bags that are paper (not plastic labels!)
- Any diary products, including cheese and eggshells
- Paper towels, napkins
- Soiled paper products, torn to pieces
- Flower bouquets, small dead houseplants
Yard waste that is OK to bring:
– Yard waste goes in a special pile. Drop off during work day or email us to schedule
- Clean leaves with no trash or sidewalk dirt
- Grass clippings
- Garden material (no diseased plants)
- Small branches or trimmings, no more than 1/4″ in diameter or 2′ in length
What is NOT OK to bring:
- Any meat, including seafood or any shells
- Any plastic, including plastic wrap, food containers, coffee cup lids, or cutlery
- Any metal, including cutlery, foil, or cans
- Glass
- Rubber bands
- Twist ties
- Stickers on fruit/vegetables
- Compost that has been sitting in your basement for months and is a liquid mess
- Glossy paper like magazine circulars; these may have unwanted ink and are better recycled
- Corn-based cups and cutlery; these require industrial-scale facilities to break down
- Yard waste that is woody, thicker than 1/4″ in diameter, or longer than 2′
- Yard waste that is full of trash or sweeping dust
- Diseased plants
- Anything you wouldn’t want in compost in your own garden!