What's Accepted
What goes in the food and yard waste cart?
- Food scraps, including: fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds & filters, tea bags, shells & bones, pasta & rice, eggshells, nutshells, bread & grains, meat, fish & dairy.
- Food-soiled paper, including: paper bags, towels & napkins, greasy pizza boxes, uncoated food-soiled paper, shredded paper
- Plant & yard waste, including: flowers & houseplants, leaves, branches & grass clippings.
- No plastic, glass or metal goes in the cart.
Questions about what is accepted?
Look It Up! – If you’re not sure about what to do with an item, use our look up tool to get specific instructions.
Download the Food & Yard Waste Flyer - 8 ½” x 11”, for illustrated guidelines on food and yard waste for apartment and condo residents. Languages available (PDF's):
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Use the Now Available! Food Waste Service (pdf) poster in your lobby or office to announce the start-up or remind tenants of the food waste collection service.
Cedar Grove has also approved compostable food service items (pdf).
Call (206) 633-0224 or email Ask Evelyn for questions about what is accepted.
Related links
Food & Yard for Residents of Apartment & Condos
Reduce, Reuse, Exchange - for ways to keep other useful items out of the waste stream
Can I recycle this item? Look It Up!
Play the Where Does It Go? Recycling Game
Cedar Grove Composting - Local processor of yard and food compost materials