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Curbside Yard and Food Waste
If you live in a Burn Ban area you can sign up for every other week curbside yard waste collection for a monthly charge.
Yard and Food Waste Discouraged from Garbage in Kitsap County
Yard waste is discouraged from garbage containers in Kitsap County. Yard trimmings create methane gas in landfills, but can provide nutritious compost and mulch if composted.
You can dispose of yard trimmings by:
 Composting in your yard
Putting yard trimmings in your 96-gallon yard waste cart to be collected at the curb (Sign up for yard waste collection)
Taking yard trimmings to a transfer station that accepts "clean green".
Curbside Yard and Food Waste Yes and No
Collection Schedule:
Yard waste is collected from subscribers in burn ban areas on Thursday, every other week, the same week as recycling. Your collection day is noted on the lid of your yard waste cart.
Food Scraps Accepted in Yard Carts:
Food scraps, food-soiled paper (like pizza boxes) and yard trimmings are collected from Food / Yard carts provided to subscribers.
Food / Yard Collection Schedule:
Food Scraps & Yard Trimmings are collected from Food/Yard carts provided to subscribers:
Food scraps and food-soiled paper go only in a Food / Yard cart provided by Waste Management. Food scraps are not accepted in any other containers.
Kitchen Food Scrap Collection: You can collect food scraps using:
- Used paper bags (or)
- A reusable container with a vented lid lined with used paper towel or shredded paper - Empty into Food / Yard cart and reuse (or)
- Cedar Grove-approved compostable bags
Do not put plastic in your cart.
More Kitchen Compost Container Options
To avoid odor & fruit flies, you can:
- Empty food scraps into the outside cart daily.
- Rinse kitchen container frequently.
- Line kitchen container with a used paper towel, paper bag, shredded paper, or approved compostable bag*.
- Sprinkle baking soda in kitchen container.
- Rub container lid with vinegar
- Layer food & yard trimmings in your cart.
- Layer shredded paper with food and yard trimmings.
- Contact Waste Management to replace your Food / Yard cart.
* Yard waste is not accepted in plastic bags.
Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility.
For yard waste that doesn't fit in your yard waste cart you may use:
Paper yard waste bags (available at home and garden stores)
Reusable polywoven yard waste bags, or
32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled "yard waste" or
Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2' limit)
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Where Does Yard and Food Waste Go?
Collected yard waste is processed into compost and sold at your local home and garden stores.
Visit www.cedar-grove.com for more information.
Turning Seattle's Food Scraps Into Gardening Gold with Cedar Grove Compost - See the video.
BioCycle's 2007 nationwide survey identified 42 communities and/or counties with source separated residential organics collection programs in the U.S. There are 17 programs in California, 1 in Michigan, 7 in Minnesota and 17 in Washington State (all in King County). More
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