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City of Hamilton – Public Works

What Goes In?

Food Waste

Paper Products

·         Baked goods

·         Bone

·         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 bags

·         Facial tissues

·         Freezer paper

·         Greasy pizza boxes

·         Microwave popcorn bags

·         Paper napkins / plates / cups

·         Paper towels

·         Waxed Paper

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


Remember, absolutely no plastic, glass or metal in your Green Cart!





            
                 

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