Recycle Food. It’s Easy to Do.
The average single-family household in
Food scraps and food-soiled paper, and other organic material make up more than one third of the garbage in
But no longer—food scraps and food-soiled paper can now be recycled along with your yard waste. It’s simple. Here are some tips to get started:
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1. Items such as meat, poultry, bones, cheese, vegetable and fruit trimmings, bread, plate scrapings, egg shells, coffee grounds, used paper towels—even greasy pizza delivery boxes—all can be recycled in your yard waste cart.
2. Don’t put plastic-coated paper products such as milk cartons in the yard waste cart because the plastic does not break down in the composting process. Place them in your recycling cart instead.
3. Make food scrap recycling easy by keeping a collection container under your sink or on your countertop. Line your container with a 100% compostable bag that you can find at local grocery stores. When the bag fills up, dump it into your yard waste cart. Or reuse a paper grocery sack – just recycle it along with your food scraps.
4. If you’re worried about odors or fruit flies, empty your food scrap container regularly or store the scraps in the fridge or freezer until your curbside yard waste collection day.
Recycling your food scraps and food-soiled paper helps reduce the amount of waste in our landfill and creates compost – a valuable resource that helps build healthy soil for local gardens and parks. Recycle Food. It’s Easy to Do.
For more tips and resources on food scrap and food-soiled paper recycling, visit www.recyclefood.com.
Tips for Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving is almost here and for most of us that means eating way too much. It also means a lot of food scraps and food-soiled paper end up in the garbage can. This year, recycle your food scraps and food-soiled paper instead! Collect all those turkey bones, pie crust trimmings, potato peels and used paper napkins and toss all of it in your curbside yard waste cart. Your scraps will be turned into compost for local gardens and parks, and you’ll be keeping a lot of waste out of our landfill. To learn more, visit www.recyclefood.com. Join King County Recycling on Facebook: www.facebook.com/recyclemore.