COMPOSTING DO’S AND DON’TS

DO ADD:

• Vegetable and fruit scraps (raw or cooked without oil, dairy & meat; don’t forget to remove any produce stickers!)

• Coffee grounds/ tea bags and unbleached paper coffee filters

• Corrugated cardboard (wet/damp boxes break down more easily)

• Trimmings from perennials and annuals

• Grass clippings

• Annual weeds that haven't set seed

• Eggshells

• Seaweed

• Nut shells

• Fall leaves and pine needles

• Twigs, mulch, chipped tree branches and bark

• Sawdust (only from non-pressure-treated wood)

• Paper (newspaper, writing/printer paper, plates, napkins, coffee filters)

• Cotton fabric

• Corn husks and stalks

• Straw, hay

Chop up watermelon rinds, avocado peels and any other large scraps! This helps them to break down more quickly.

DON’T ADD:

• Meat, fish scraps, bones

• Dairy products, including cheese

• Fats, grease, oil or cooked foods with oil, dairy and meat

• Produce stickers

• Cat or dog feces, kitty litter

• Colored or glossy paper

• Sawdust from pressure-treated plywood or lumber

• Coal, charcoal ashes

• Diseased or insect-infested houseplants or soil

• Non Compostable materials (plastics, metals, glass, etc.)

COMPOSTING DROP-OFF INSTRUCTIONS

1. In-Season Drop Off Hours: Sundays: 2-4 pm, Wednesdays & Saturdays: 9 am -10 am

2. Dump your scraps in Bin 1. 

3. Take 3 times the amount of browns from the Brown Bin and add to Bin 1. 

4. Mix and chop together with the shovel provided. Turn the pile to help aerate the compost.

Please note! - Registered members can now stop by during drop-off hours for a quick training session. Trained members will be able to access the bins outside of manned drop-off hours.

Please donate dead or dry leaves to our Brown Bin!

Carbon (Browns) + Nitrogen (Greens) + Water + Oxygen = Compost!