Compost Information for Commercial Customers
Think there isn't anything you can compost? Think again!
Don't send your food scraps and landscape material to the landfill; compost them instead! Recology encourages you to look into starting a composting program at your business or facility. A successful program can help reduce garbage fees, save landfill space and close the loop by returning food scraps back to the earth. Your bottom line and the environment will benefit. Contact us for cart sizes and rates.Compost collection services are offered at a REDUCED rate.
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You CAN Compost:
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Composting is a highly effective way to help protect the environment, and Recology San Mateo County is proud to offer a home composting collection service to its customers.
More than six million tons of food products are dumped in California every year. Food is the largest single source of waste in California, making up 15.5 percent of the waste stream.
That waste decomposes and creates methane gas, which is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is directly attributed to climate change. Composting is nature's way of recycling organic waste into a new soil amendment rich in nutrients that can be used for organic farming, vineyards and highway erosion and control projects.
Source: California Watch
More than six million tons of food products are dumped in California every year. Food is the largest single source of waste in California, making up 15.5 percent of the waste stream.
That waste decomposes and creates methane gas, which is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide and is directly attributed to climate change. Composting is nature's way of recycling organic waste into a new soil amendment rich in nutrients that can be used for organic farming, vineyards and highway erosion and control projects.
Source: California Watch
- Bread, grains and pasta
- Coffee grounds (and filters)
- Dairy
- Eggshells
- Fish and shellfish
- Fruit, including pits
- Meat, including bones
- Poultry
- Vegetables
Soiled Paper Products
- Fountain soda cups (without lids)
- Greasy pizza boxes
- Paper cups (including chain store coffee cups) and plates
- Paper ice cream containers
- Paper bags, napkins and towels
- Paper take-out boxes and containers
- Paper tea bags
- Sugar packets
- Waxed cardboard and paper
- Wooden produce crates and pallets
- Wooden stir sticks
- Wooden wine corks
Yard Trimmings
- Branches and brush
- Flowers and floral trimmings
- Grasses and weeds
- Leaves
- Tree trimmings
Please, NO:
- Aluminum foil, trays and metal
- Animal waste
- Concrete, asphalt, stones, sod, dirt and bricks
- Cooking oil
- Condiment packets
- Diapers
- Garbage
- Hazardous waste
- Juice or soy milk boxes with foil liner
- Liquids and ice
- Recyclables (glass, aluminum, paper, plastics 1-7)
- Palm fronds
- Plastic bags
- Plastic corks
- Plywood
- Styrofoam packaging, food containers and packing peanuts
- Treated and painted wood
Printable Materials
- Compost Cart Graphic
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Compost Cart.
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For more general recycling and waste reduction information, please visit RecycleWorks of San Mateo County.
Questions? Please contact us.
Language Assistance:
We offer a free Language Line with over 170 different languages through our Customer Service Department. Please contact us for more information.
Recology San Mateo County provides recycling, compost and garbage collection services to the 12 Member Agencies in the RethinkWaste service area.
Questions? Please contact us.
Language Assistance:
We offer a free Language Line with over 170 different languages through our Customer Service Department. Please contact us for more information.
Recology San Mateo County provides recycling, compost and garbage collection services to the 12 Member Agencies in the RethinkWaste service area.
