Help reduce your carbon footprint by recycling your organics.
Reduction of green house gases.
When food waste or any type of material that could be composted gets thrown into the garbage it ends up in a landfill. As it decomposes slowly, without oxygen it creates methane gas. As a greenhouse gas, methane is 21 times more harmful than carbon dioxide. Keeping this material out of a landfill is very beneficial to the environment.
Financial Benefits
Composting rates are a lot less than garbage disposal rates. If a restaurant is using a 4 yard dumpster for garbage and can reduce that to a 2 yard dumpster and add a 2 yard dumpster for food waste recycling, this should reduce the overall disposal costs. The money also stays in the local economy rather than going out of state to the landfill.
How to get started
Residential
If you want to recycle food waste at home, you can either bring the material to us yourself or get a curbside collection tote from Waste Management. If you already have curbside collection of yard waste, then you can just add the food waste in with your yard waste.
Commercial
If your restaurant or cafeteria is interested, follow these easy steps.
Call your garbage hauler for a food waste dumpster and to reduce the size of your garbage dumpster.
Set up food waste bins in your kitchen.
Line the bins with compostable bags.
Train your employees.
Post reminder signs.
What can be recycled
Food Scraps
Meat, Poultry, Fish,
Shellfish & Bones
Egg & Dairy Products
Table Scraps & Plate Scrapings
Fruits and Vegetables
Bread, Dough, Pasta & Grains
Coffee Grounds, Filters & Tea Bags
Food Soiled Paper
Kitchen Paper Towels
Uncoated Paper Take-Out Containers
Pizza Delivery Boxes
Paper Napkins
Waxed Cardboard & Paper
Uncoated Paper Cups & Plates
Do not put in with Food Waste!
Plastic Bags
Plastic Tubs or Bottles
Glass Bottles and Jars
Metal
Produce Baskets and Netting
Burlap
Plastic Wrap
Cork
Coated or Plastic Take-Out Containers
Plastic Plates, Cups and Utensils
Latex and plastic gloves
Styrofoam
Foil
Wire, Twist Ties and Rubber Bands
Grease and Liquids
Painted and Treated Wood
Pet Waste
Garbage and Hazardous Waste
Keeping contamination out of the compostables will help keep costs low.
