Unlimited Local Drop Off Local (Watts-Hillandale area)

  • $15/month

  • One Provided 5-gallon bucket

  • One clean 5-gallon bucket exchanged at drop off

  • Drop off any time and weekday:

    2303 Alabama Ave, Durham, 27705

Food Scrap Collection

Compostable items include:

  • Various food scraps such as vegetables, fruits,

  • Pasta, bread, and cereal

  • Cooked foods

  • Eggshells

  • Coffee grounds/filters

  • Tea

  • Pizza boxes

  • Paper towels and napkins

  • Paper items that are not glossy or shiny

  • Toilet paper rolls

  • Household plants, along with the soil

  • Flowers

  • Pet food

  • Baking ingredients, herbs, and spices

  • BPI Certified Compostable

Not accepted:

  • Currently No meat, dairy, fish, and chicken/fish bones.

  • Styrofoam meat trays

  • Foil

  • Clams, oysters, mussels

  • Candles, synthetic corks and gum

  • Cigarette butts, tobacco

  • Dryer lint, dryer sheets

  • Rugs

  • Ash

  • Items labeled recyclable

  • Items labeled biodegradable

Food Scrap Collection