TIPS FOR YOUR KITCHEN PAIL
• Empty your kitchen pail into your green roll cart frequently. • Use an optional kitchen pail liner — newspaper, paper bag or approved compostable bag. • Wash your kitchen pail in the dishwasher or by hand. Food scraps account for almost 30,000 • Sprinkle baking soda in your kitchen pail tons of garbage in Portland every year. and green roll cart to avoid odors. Composting food scraps reduces waste and creates nutrient-rich fertilizer.
Look inside for three simple steps to TIPS FOR YOUR help you include the food in your new GREEN ROLL CART kitchen pail and turn your food scraps • Set your green roll cart into compost. out weekly. Reminder: Beginning October 31, the • Freeze food items and add to your green frequency of your garbage and green roll roll cart on your pickup day. cart will switch. Garbage will be collected • Place sheets of newspaper on the every-other-week and food scraps/yard bottom of your green roll cart to help debris will be picked up weekly. absorb moisture. Three easy ways to get help: • Use soap and water to clean your green roll cart. Pour dirty water onto grass or 1. Online: www.portlandcomposts.com gravel, not down the storm drain. 2. Hotline: 503-823-7202 3. Email: [email protected] Give your garbage disposal a break! Resist using garbage disposals for food Call your garbage and recycling company scraps. Grease, fats and oils are especially if you already have a kitchen pail that harmful and should go in your garbage. works for you. Give our sewer system a break and compost your food scraps instead!
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Place your kitchen pail in a convenient Include the food! Toss all food scraps Empty your kitchen pail into your green location in your kitchen and choose an and plate scrapings in the kitchen pail. Portland Composts! roll cart along with optional liner.* your yard debris. Place your green roll cart out for weekly pickup.
Leave it out • plastic and produce bags • meat • vegetables • non-approved compostable plastic bags • poultry • fruit • compostable plastic takeout containers • fish and shellfish and utensils • coffee grounds and filters • bones • tea bags • paper plates and cups • eggs and eggshells • paper napkins and paper towelss • paper cartons • cheese and dairy products • pizza delivery boxes • fast food wrappers and packaging • takeout containers • bread and baked goods • table scraps and plate scrapings • coffee cups • pasta • leftovers • rice and other grains • pet waste • beans, nuts and seeds • large amounts of grease, oil and liquid • Styrofoam™ *Optional liner note: You can line your pail with newspaper, a paper bag or an approved compostable bag. • metal Approved 2–3 gallon compostable bags include BioBag Certified Compostable, Ecnow Tech Compost Me, EcoSafe 6400 Line, Glad Compostable Kitchen, and Natur-Tec Natur-Bag Compostable. Visit www.portlandcomposts.com • glass to find out where to purchase these approved brands and to check for updates to this list. • corks