Please chop into small (~1”) pieces for speedy decomposition!
- Chopped up fruit & vegetable scraps (corn cobs, fruit rinds and cores etc.)
- Coffee grounds, paper filters, tea bags
- Breads and grains
- Stale flour, cereal, spices, beans, nutshells
- Crushed egg shells
- Food soiled paper towels, napkins and paper plates
- Grass clippings, plant trimmings and cut flowers [before they seed]
- Hay, straw, old potting soil, fresh leaves, dried leaves
- Dead plants , dried flowers, bouquets
- Small branches cut into 2" or smaller pieces
- Wood ash from untreated wood [no charcoal ash]
- Packing peanuts [the ones that dissolve in water. not Styrofoam]
- Animal fur, human hair, nail clippings, dryer lint
- Manure and bedding from hamsters, etc
- NO meat, bones, fish, dairy, eggs, fats, oils or grease
- NO plastic, plastic bags, twist ties, rubber bands etc.
- NO cat or dog waste
- NO dead animals
- NO large, thick or prickly branches
- NO invasive weeds or weeds with seeds
- NO pesticide-treated plants and grass clippings
- NO diseased plants
- NO treated wood or plywood sawdust or shavings
- NO charcoal ash
