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Organics - Yes List

Please put yard waste, food scraps and food-soiled paper, listed below, in your curbside organics cart.

Organics Accepted Materials

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We Accept	We CANNOT Accept
All Food (cooked & uncooked) Baked goods Bones Branches, leaves & stems Breads, grains & pasta Cardboard & produce boxes Coffee grounds & filters Dairy products Eggshells Fish Floral trimmings Food-soiled paper Grass clippings Kitchen scraps Meat Paper cups (non-shiny) Paper plates & napkins Paper grocery & lunch bags Paper take-out containers (non-glossy) Pizza boxes Plate scrapings Seasonal greens (wreaths, etc.) Shredded paper Tea bags Waxed paper Weeds Wood crates Yard trimmings	Cellophane Coffee cup lids Diapers Dirt Gable-top milk and juice cartons Grease or oil Juice cartons Kitty litter Liquids Metal or foil Milk cartons Noxious weeds (knapweed, tansy, gorse) Paper cups (shiny-lined beverage cups) Pet waste Plastic bags Plastic cups & utensils Plastic food containers Plastic fruit stickers Plastic straws Plastic/foil juice pouches Rocks Sod Styrofoam Take-out containers (glossy) Tape Tissue/toilet paper Treated/painted wood

We Accept

We CANNOT Accept

All Food (cooked & uncooked)

Baked goods

Bones

Branches, leaves & stems

Breads, grains & pasta

Cardboard & produce boxes

Coffee grounds & filters

Dairy products

Eggshells

Fish

Floral trimmings

Food-soiled paper

Grass clippings

Kitchen scraps

Meat

Paper cups (non-shiny)

Paper plates & napkins

Paper grocery & lunch bags

Paper take-out containers (non-glossy)

Pizza boxes

Plate scrapings

Seasonal greens (wreaths, etc.)

Shredded paper

Tea bags

Waxed paper

Weeds

Wood crates

Yard trimmings

Cellophane

Coffee cup lids

Diapers

Dirt

Gable-top milk and juice cartons

Grease or oil

Juice cartons

Kitty litter

Liquids

Metal or foil

Milk cartons

Noxious weeds (knapweed, tansy, gorse)

Paper cups (shiny-lined beverage cups)

Pet waste

Plastic bags

Plastic cups & utensils

Plastic food containers

Plastic fruit stickers

Plastic straws

Plastic/foil juice pouches

Rocks

Sod

Styrofoam

Take-out containers (glossy)

Tape

Tissue/toilet paper

Treated/painted wood

Helpful Tips to Remember:

Don't send something to the landfill that could be composted.
Don't contaminate a whole waste stream by putting the wrong thing in your cart. Check our Extended List of Disposal Options for items you don't see listed.
Email your question to publicworks@ci.olympia.wa.us.

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Contact us at publicworks@ci.olympia.wa.us

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