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How to Compost in the Green Bin - Waste Management Explains
Published July 29, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.
As of 2022, waste collection agencies across California are required to collect food waste — which accounts for 30 percent of all solid waste — to turn it into compost. Waste Management, which provides trash services to the Santa Monica Mountains, explains what to do at home in a handy graphic.
What can go in, besides yard waste?
- Produce scraps and pulp
- Egg shells and dairy products
- Meat
- Tea and coffee grounds and filters
- Bread and other grains
- Soiled napkins, paper towels, parchment paper, paper plates
NOTE: Your food scraps can be left in plastic or paper bags inside the green bin.
What NOT to include in your green bin:
- Loose plastic bags (not used to hold scraps)
- Utensils
- Plastic and foam containers
- Hazardous waste
What does Waste Management do with all those scraps?
In addition to creating compost and soil amendment, Waste Management has a CORe® program that converts food into an "organic slurry that generates green energy at four locations in North America."
A local alternative to putting your food scraps in the green bin:
Full Circle Compost offers free compost drop-off at three convenient locations in Topanga: Viewridge, the Topanga Courtyard, and outside Topanga Lumber.
Register to compost with Full Circle, and help regenerate land in the Santa Monica Mountains.