What goes in the bin?
Know what can go in your green bin
To make sure the Green Bin program is successful, we need to make sure that we use the bin right. Here is a list of organic waste materials that are acceptable in your green bin.
TOSS IT IN
- All leftover food scraps
- Baking ingredients, herbs, spices
- Bread, bagels
- Candies, gum
- Cereals, grains, oatmeal
- Chips, popcorn
- Coffee grounds, filters
- Cookies, cakes, muffins, pastries
- Crackers
- Dairy products
- Dough
- Eggs and egg shells
- Fruit scraps
- Jams, jellies, marmalades, chutney
- Leftover cooking oils, lard, shortening, fat, butter, margarine
- Meat, fish, shellfish, poultry, pork (bones and scraps)
- Nuts and shells
- Pasta, beans, rice
- Peanut butter
- Pet food
- Pits (olives, cherries, peaches)
- Salad dressing, mayonnaise, vinegar, sauces, marinades, dips, syrup, gravy
- Seeds
- Syrup
- Tea and tea Bags
- Vegetable scraps
Yard waste
Other items
- Animal bedding (e.g. from bird or hamster cages)
- BBQ ashes
- Butcher’s paper meat wrap
- Cold fireplace ash
- Cotton balls
- Dryer lint
- Feathers
- Fireplace ashes
- Floor sweepings
- Household plants, including soil
- Kitty litter
- Microwave popcorn bags
- Muffin paper
- Paper cups and plates
- Pet fur and hair
- Popsicle sticks
- Soiled napkins, paper towels
- Soiled paper, soiled boxboard, and cardboard
- Soiled tissues
- Sugar, potato, flour paper bags
- Toothpicks
- Untreated wood scraps (less than four inches in any dimension)
- Vacuum bag contents and bag
- Woodchips, sawdust
KEEP IT OUT
- Plastic bags of any kind (even the compostable varieties aren’t allowed)
- Diapers and sanitary products (as they contain plastics)
- Dog feces