What Can Be Composted?
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Composting has the potential to manage all of the organic material in the waste stream that cannot otherwise be recycled. Most household organic waste can be composted at home. For backyard or home composting to work best, it is important to use selected material including:
Do Compost...
- Grass clippings (not wet) up to 6 cm deep
- Leaves (chopped to speed their breakdown) up to 15 cm deep
- Plants and weeds (without ripe seeds), shred weeds/trimmings
- Food scraps, fruit scraps, vegetable trimmings (small pieces)
- Egg shells (crushed)
- Tea bags, coffee grounds with filters
- Manure, straw/hay
- Hair and lint
- Shredded paper
Don't Compost...
- Grass clippings (wet)
- Weeds (gone-to-seed or invasive)
- Wood ashes, BBQ charcoal or lime
- Meat, fish or bones
- Fats, oils, grease or other sauces
- Dairy products, cheese
- Solid wastes (cat, dog, human)
- Plastic, metal, glass, contaminated matter
- Large amounts of soggy material, branches or wood
