Transfer Station Food Waste Program

User: kmschubert9@gmail.com

Vendor: None

Action: 2372 - Don't trash foodscraps

The food waste composting program at the Transfer Station is so easy to use. I love it. What I really like about this program is that most food is accepted - not just produce. I also have a backyard composter, but the program at the transfer station takes the items I can’t put in my backyard like meat, fish, bones, eggs, dairy (no liquids) & cooked foods/baked goods. It’s great for turkey carcasses and corn cobs! I use the pail with a special sealing lid and a kitchen scrap bucket that is available from Wills Hardware. I line the scrap bucket with biodegradable liners, also available at Wills. I keep the scrap bucket on my kitchen counter and when it is full, I transfer it to the pail in the garage. It doesn’t smell since I move it to the pail before it starts to. In the summer, I put the bags of scraps in the freezer instead of in the pail which keeps everything fresher. When I take my trash to the Transfer Station, I bring the pail and empty it in one of the barrels to the right of the tip floor/blue building. You can use whatever works for you…just don’t put anything but food and the biodegradable liners in the bins. (ex. If you bring your food scraps in a plastic bag or container, dump them out…never leave anything but food and the biodegradable liners) I like knowing I am helping the environment by separating my food waste for this program. The food waste is picked up weekly and then turned into soil at farms OR taken to a facility where it is processed anaerobically and used for energy.