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:
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 waste is collected from subscribers in burn ban areas on Wednesday or Friday the same week as recycling. Your collection day is noted on the lid of your yard waste cart.
Collection Calendar
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)
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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, or shredded paper
- 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.
Extra Yard Trimmings: There is a charge for additional units of yard trimmings (no food scraps) beyond the basic service.
* Yard trimmings are not accepted in plastic bags.
Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility.
For yard trimmings that don't fit in your yard cart you may use:
Paper yard bags (available at home and garden stores) , or
32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled "Yard" or
Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2' limit)
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