Food scrap recycling guide

Best Practices:

• Please seal all your food waste in BPI Certified compostable bags during hot summer months to keep flies away.
• Essentially all organic matter can be recycled. However, rotting meat, rancid oil, spoiled milk, and feces will cause the Block Bin to smell. Please avoid these materials.
• Please note that raw/cooked meat and fish will cause odors, and in summer months can attract flies and larvae. Please put meat scrap in a paper bag, and then seal it in a compostable bag with the rest of your kitchen scraps before disposal.
• You can use any container you like to collect food scrap. You can purchase a 5 gallon bucket and line them with a compostable bag. You can also use a counter top container and use compostable liners.
• Store your food scrap in a container in your freezer, and take it out when it gets full. This prevents odors, stays cleaner, and reduces your trips to the Block Bin.