WHAT CAN BE COMPOSTED?

Food scraps that can go in your compost bucket include

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• All your vegetable and fruit wastes, (including rinds and cores) even if they are moldy and ugly

• Old bread, donuts, cookies, crackers, pizza crust, noodles: anything made out of flour!

• Grains (cooked or uncooked): rice, barley, you name it

• Coffee grounds, tea bags, filters

• Fruit or vegetable pulp from juicing

• Old spices

• Outdated boxed foods from the pantry

• Egg shells

• Corn cobs and husks (cobs breakdown very slowly)

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What can not be composted?

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• Meat or meat waste, such as bones, fat, gristle, skin, etc.

• Fish or fish waste

• Dairy products, such as cheese, butter, cottage cheese, yogurt, cream cheese, sour cream, etc.

• Grease and oils of any kind

Why can't you compost these food wastes?

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• They inbalance the otherwise nutrient-rich structure of other food and vegetation waste and breakdown slowly

• They attract rodents and other scavenging animals

• Meat attracts maggots

• Your compost bin will smell pretty bad!

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Also any plastic, any paper, and any type of “compostable” plates, to-go containers, or silverware are not allowed.

The only exception to the “no paper” rule is for coffee filters and tea bags– these items are allowed.

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