YES, Please!

 

• Fruits and veggies- raw and cooked, all parts including seeds. A little oil is OK.

• Breads, pastries, crackers, dry cereal, rice, pasta, cookies, cakesother grains. A little oil is OK.

• Coffee grinds and paper filters

• Tea (loose and bags…no staples or synthetic bags) 

• Eggshells

• Nuts, nutshells

• Beans, legumes. A little oil is OK.

• Paper products: all paper (white or colored, not shiny, and ripped up/ shredded) paper bags, napkins, paper towels, plates, all “compostable” products except utensils, (no shiny paper or chemicals)

• Newspaper (no shiny paper, ripped up)

• Cardboard (Paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, cardboard boxes, ripped up) 

• Pizza boxes (ripped up)

• Fireplace ash (untreated wood ash only)

• Dryer lint

• Hair / pet fur

• Cut flowers

• Potting soil

• Yard waste (leaves, grass/garden clippings, small wood pieces, etc.) 

 

 

NO Thanks!

 

• Animal products: meat, fish, bones, dairy, butter, excrement, etc.

• No grease or oil

• Diseased or chemically treated plants/ wood

• Weeds/ invasive plants

• “Compostable” utensils

• Produce stickers, twist ties or rubber bands

• Vacuum debris- has synthetic fibers and small plastics.