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Organics Recycling

Organics Accepted & Unaccepted Items

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Food scraps in generic blue pail

Acceptable organic materials

  • Fruit and vegetable peels, pits, fruit stones, seeds, tops, rinds, scraps, trimmings, pith, stalks, nuts, shells 
  • Meat, poultry, seafood, shrimp, shells, fish, chicken, skin, bones, ribs, dairy, eggshells 
  • Grain, pasta, pizza, bread, baked goods, coffee grounds, leftovers, spoiled food, pet food 
  • Soiled napkins, paper towels, uncoated used paper plates, greasy pizza boxes, food-contaminated paper (including newspaper and paper bags) 
  • Coffee filters, tea bags (no plastic), wooden toothpicks, wooden disposable chopsticks, natural wine corks 
  • Plants, flowers, grass, leaves, branches, trees, twigs, mulch, chipped wood, raw wood (untreated and unpainted) 
  • Paper bags for food scraps or lining the container 
  • BPI-certified compostable plastic bags

Not accepted in the organic waste container

Most of these items will go in the garbage. Check out the Waste Wizard if you're not sure where an item goes. "When in doubt, throw it out!"

  • Plastic or plastic bags 
  • Metal or glass (recyclable metal, glass and plastic should go in the blue mixed recycling container) 
  • Styrofoam 
  • Pet waste
  • Diapers 
  • Liquids 
  • Treated or painted wood waste 
  • Paper gable-top containers with plastic or wax coating (such as milk containers) 
  • Foil-lined paper boxes (such as soup and soymilk-type boxes) 
  • Paper takeout containers with a plastic or wax lining or coating 
  • Single-use utensils, coffee pods, and takeout containers made from compostable plastic (the level of processing required to break down compostable rigid plastic is not available for the City of Sacramento at this time) 
  • To-go coffee cups (these typically have a plastic lining which is not compostable) 
  • Hygienic tissue and toilet paper (these are biohazards and go in the garbage) 
  • Cooking oil (FOG goes in the garbage) 
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Plastic contamination in organic waste

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