Materials To Compost
The following lists of items only apply to backyard composting or home composting, not the Green Bin Program:
Food:
apples
artichokes
asparagus
bananas
beans
beets
berries
bread
broccoli
brussel sprouts
buckwheat hulls
cabbage
carrots
celery
citrus fruits and rinds
coffee grounds
corn cobs (chopped)
cucumber
egg shells (crushed)
grapes
lettuce
melons
onions
oats and oatmeal
pears
pineapple
potatoes
pumpkins
rice
squash
tea bags and leaves
tomatoes
turnips
zucchini
Other:
algae (pond weeds)
apple pomace
blood meal
bone meal
cocoa bean shells
corn stalks
cotton rags
dryer lint
feathers
felt waste
flowers
garden waste
grape plant waste
granite dust
grass
hair
hay
hops (spent)
leather waste
dust
leaf mold
leaves
muck (marsh/swamp)
peanut hulls
peat moss
pine needles
plants (chopped)
rhubarb leaves
rope
sawdust
seaweed
soil
straw
string
weeds
wood ash
wool rags
yard waste
Do Not Compost:
butter
bones
charcoal or coal ash
cheese
chicken
diseased plants
dog and cat feces
fish
lard
margarine
mayonnaise
meat
milk
oils
peanut butter
pressure treated wood
scraps or sawdust
sour cream
yogurt
vacuum bags and dust
Adapted from materials by the Seattle Tilth Association, the Seattle Solid Waste Utility, and the Recycling Council of Ontario.