Residential recycling and disposal search tool

All types of food

How to compost food

Plate scrapings and leftovers

Moldy, expired and spoiled food

Fruits and vegetables

Eggshells, cheese and dairy

Meat and bones

Beans, lentils and pulses

Pasta, bread and grains

Seeds, nuts and shells

Condiments and sauces

Coffee filters and tea bags

Examples of compostable foods

  • Plate scrapings 
  • Grains like breads, pasta, muffins, and cereal  
  • Fruits and vegetables (remove any stickers) 
    • Like avocados (and pits), corn cobs, and apples 
  • Milk and milk alternatives like cheese, yogurt, and oat milk 
  • Edible sausage casings
  • Eggs and eggshells
  • Meat like fish, pork, poultry, steak, seafood (including bones and shells)
  • Beans, lentils, chickpeas and other pulses
  • Dips, sauces, and condiments like salad dressing, ketchup, and butter
  • Seeds and nuts like peanuts, almonds, pistachios, sunflower seeds and their shells
  • Popcorn and kernels  
  • Snacks like candy, chips and popcorn 
  • Coffee filters and tea bags

  • Put into your green cart

Put food into your green cart for composting.

Special instructions

  • TIP: Don’t flush food down your toilet, sink or drain. Over time, the fats found in some food items build up, sticking to the inner walls of sewer pipes, restricting flow, causing messy and expensive damage to household pipes and leading to sewer back-ups. 

For businesses

If you are a business with food, cooking oil or grease, see our Business Waste resources for disposal options. Learn more about handling fats, oils and grease.

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