What Goes In Your Green Cart
Kitchen Scraps/Food Waste
- Baked goods
- Bird seed
- Bones (no animal carcasses with the exception of poultry)
- Bread
- Butter
- Cake
- Candy
- Cereal
- Cheese
- Coffee grounds
- Cooking oil, fat grease (small amounts)
- Corn cobs
- Dairy products
- Dough
- Eggs and eggshells
- Fish
- Flour
- Gravy
- Herbs
- Jam, jelly, marmalade and chutney
- Margarine
- Mayonnaise
- Milk
- Meat
- Nuts and shells
- Oatmeal and oats
- Paste
- Pastries
- Peanut butter
- Peelings (fruit and vegetables)
- Pie
- Popcorn
- Poultry (bones and carcasses)
- Pumpkins
- Rice
- Salad dressing, vinegar, marinades and dips
- Sauces
- Shellfish
- Sour cream
- Spices
- Sugar
- Tea (bags and loose tea leaves)
- Vegetables (whole, scraps and peelings)
- Yogurt
Paper, household and food service items
- Certified compostable food containers and utensils
- Chopsticks (wood only)
- Dryer lint
- Facial tissue
- Food soiled paper
- Food soiled newsprint and cardboard
- Food soiled paper towels, napkins and tissues
- Paper coffee filters
- Popsicle sticks (wood only)
- Toothpicks (wood only)
Yard Waste
- Branches less than 1 inch in diameter and less than three feet in length
- Corn stalks and leaves
- Flowers
- Garden plant waste
- Grass clippings
- Hay plants
- Hedge trimmings
- Household plants (including potting soil)
- Leaves
- Peat moss
- Plants (inside and outside)
- Pine cones
- Pumpkins
- Rhubarb stalks and leaves
- Weeds (excluding noxious weeds)
- Wood (shavings, chips)
Pet Waste
- Cat litter (no plastic bags)
- Feathers
- Hair (human and animal)
- Nail clippings (human and animal)
- Pet food
- Pet feces (no plastic bags)
Cart and kitchen catcher liners
- Certified compostable bags
- Newspaper
- Paper bags
- Paper bags with cellulose line
Other items
- Hair (human and animal)
- Nail clippings (human and animal)
- Sawdust
- Wood (shavings and chips)