What Goes In?

Food Waste

• Baked goods
• Bones
• Bread
• Butter and margarine
• Cake
• Candy
• Cereal
• Cheese
• Coffee filters and grounds
• Cookies
• Corn cobs and husks
• Dairy products
• Eggs and eggshells
• Fish and fish parts
• Flour
• Fruit
• Grains
• Gravy and sauces
• Grease / lard / fat
• Herbs and spices
• Jams and jellies
• Mayonnaise
• Meat and meat products
• Nuts and nut shells
• Oatmeal
• Pasta
• Peanut butter
• Pizza
• Popcorn
• Pumpkins
• Rice
• Salads
• Shellfish
• Sugar
• Syrup
• Tea bags
• Vegetables
• Watermelon
• Yogurt

Paper Products

• Facial tissues
• Freezer paper
• Greasy pizza boxes
• Microwave popcorn bags
• Paper bags
• Paper coffee cups
• Paper napkins / plates
• Paper towels
• Waxed paper
• Waxed paper coffee cups

Other Items

• Dryer lint
• Feathers
• Hair
• Houseplants
• Nail clippings
• Pet Hair
• Popsicle sticks
• Sawdust (in paper bags)
• Toothpicks
• Wood ashes (cold – in paper bags)
• Wood chips