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Kitchen Scrap Container Tips
Here are some tips for kitchen containers from enthusiastic SPU customers. No plastic is allowed in the cart so plastic bags must go into the garbage. Plastic cartons can be washed and reused or recycled if appropriate:
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- • Reusable plastic containers with snug lids, such as large margarine or potato salad tubs, or five gallon buckets.
- • A classic juice pitcher with the swivel top and a handle – easy to store and carry.
- • Small, swing top garbage can under the sink, lined with an approved compostable bag or plastic bag. The compostable bag and food scraps go right into the cart. If a plastic bag is used, the food scraps are dumped in the food & yard waste cart and the plastic bag goes in the garbage.
- • Approved compostable bag for the kitchen that fits in a small compost pail (with a lid). See where to buy compostable bags.
- • Plastic gallon milk jug with the handle intact but top cut off (using a serrated steak knife). Dump the waste into the cart. Rinse, re-use and then recycle the jug.
- • Plain cereal boxes – no inner bag lining allowed
- • Stainless steel canister: air-tight, water-tight, rust-free, dishwasher safe.
- • Used Ziploc or produce plastic bags. (The plastic bag goes in the garbage)
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