Compostable Items
YES, Please!
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Fruits and veggies- raw and cooked, all parts including seeds. A little oil is OK.
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Breads, pastries, crackers, dry cereal, rice, pasta, cookies, cakesother grains. A little oil is OK.
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Coffee grinds and paper filters
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Tea (loose and bags…no staples or synthetic bags)
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Eggshells
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Nuts, nutshells
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Beans, legumes. A little oil is OK.
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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)
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Newspaper (no shiny paper, ripped up)
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Cardboard (Paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, cardboard boxes, ripped up)
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Pizza boxes (ripped up)
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Fireplace ash (untreated wood ash only)
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Dryer lint
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Hair / pet fur
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Cut flowers
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Potting soil
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Yard waste (leaves, grass/garden clippings, small wood pieces, etc.)
NO Thanks!
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Animal products: meat, fish, bones, dairy, butter, excrement, etc.
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No grease or oil
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Diseased or chemically treated plants/ wood
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Weeds/ invasive plants
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“Compostable” utensils
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Produce stickers, twist ties or rubber bands
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Vacuum debris- has synthetic fibers and small plastics.