Eco-Centre

Home and Table Scraps

• Food soiled paper and plant/yard trimmings
• Coffee grinds/filters, tea bags/leaves
• Vegetable/fruit peels, seeds, pits
• Seafood shells, eggshells, meats, fish, bones (keep frozen until collection day)
• Pasta, rice, baked goods, desserts
• Dairy, oils, butter, cheeses and sauces
• Uncoated paper products - pizza boxes, paper plates, egg cartons, napkins, paper towels, etc.
• Wood chopsticks, skewers, stir sticks
• Leaves, plants, soil and trimmings
• Contents of your vacuum cleaner bag or canister
• Newspapers
• Ashes from the fireplace, barbecue grill, or outdoor fire pit

How Do I Get Started?

• Find a pail with a lid (such as a four-litre ice cream pail) and place it in a convenient place in your kitchen, such as under the sink
• Put your food scraps in the compost pail instead of the trash can
• You can also wrap your scraps in newspaper or place them in a paper bag
• Place your scraps and/or empty your pail in with your grass trimmings

Pet Related

• Fur from the dog or cat brush
• Droppings and bedding from rabbit/gerbil/hamsters, etc.
• Newspaper/droppings from bird cage
• Feathers
• Alfalfa hay or pellets
• Rawhide dog chews
• Dry dog or cat food

Around the Yard

• Grass clippings, leaves
• Garden vegetables (pumpkins, etc.) fruit & berry waste
• Tree pruning trimmings
• Flowers and shrubs
• Branches, twigs and Christmas trees (free of all decorations and ornaments)
• Old Trees and branches
• Free annual free Christmas tree drop off

Construction

• Clean drywall
• Cardboard boxes
• Clean lumber
• Pallets

Agricultural Manure

• Horses
• Cattle
• Goats
• Sheep
• Rabbits
• Poultry
• Old straw and hay

• No plastic bags (only biodegradable)
• Plastics of any kind
• Metals and foils
• Recyclables
• Cat litter
• Garbage of any kind
• Styrofoam plates, cups, chip bags, diapers
• Oil products or containers