What Is Compostable?
Food waste and food-soiled paper are compostable. They should be placed in the Blue Bag Organics liner.
Food waste and food-soiled paper includes:
| Spoiled leftovers | ![]() |
Paper cups and plates | |
| Meat and meat bones | ![]() |
Paper towels and napkins | ![]() |
| Poultry and poultry bones | ![]() |
Waxed paper and parchment paper | ![]() |
| Vegetable scraps | ![]() |
Wax-coated paperboard packaging and containers |
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| Fruit scraps | ![]() |
Refrigerated foods | ![]() |
| Egg and nutshells | ![]() |
Frozen foods | ![]() |
| Fruit stones | ![]() |
Takeout and to-go containers (not styrofoam; metal handle removed) |
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| Coffee grounds and filters | ![]() |
Pizza boxes | ![]() |
| Tea leaves and tea bags | ![]() |
Dairy products | ![]() |
| Butter and margarine wrappers | |
















