What Makes A Happy Bucket? _____________________

​When people think of composting, most often a mental image of food scraps, worms, and soil appear in their mind’s eye.  However, there are plenty of things that can be composted; the hard part is deciding what to put into your bucket!

Here is a list of what customers of Waste Not can put in their weekly compost bin!

• Cardboard Tubes
• Coffee Grounds
• Cores (apples, pears, extra)
• Crackers
• Egg Shells
• Fruits
• Grains
• Leaves
• Legumes
• Nuts/Nut Shells
• Paper Napkins
• Pasta Noodles
• Peelings
• Pits (peaches, avocado, extra)
• Rinds
• Roots
• Seeds
• Tea Bags/Loose Tea (make sure you remove the metal staple if there is one!)
• Vines 

Currently, Waste Not is not able to take large amounts of meats or dairy products.  Meat and dairy require a specialized method of composting that requires an in-vessel composter, which we currently don’t have.  HOWEVER, small amounts such as spoiled meat scraps, mac and cheese, casseroles, and pasta salad are all acceptable.

Still have some concerns about something you are not certain is composable?  A good composting rule to live by is that everything you eat or any part of what you eat can be composted.  Food and plants in general are biodegradable and are major components in making fertile soil.