Composting your yard and food waste helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil
quality, reduce the need for chemicals and fertilizers and save water.
Acceptable Yard and Food Waste:
Food Scraps: Meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, breads, eggshells and
nutshells, coffee grounds, and tea bags.
Food-soiled Paper: Pizza boxes, paper towels & napkins, non-shiny paper plates and
cups, paper egg cartons, paper grocery bags with food scraps, and coffee filters.
Yard Debris: Grass, leaves, weeds, pine needles, thatch, plant trimmings, and branches
less than 3 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet in length.
Collection Schedule:
Yard and food waste are collected weekly from subscribers from March - November and monthly
the first full week of the month December - February.
