California Law SB 1383 requires all cities, counties, institutions, residents, and businesses to divert food and other organic waste from landfills. Diverting your yard and food waste from the landfill will help reduce emissions of harmful greenhouse gases like methane and mitigate the impacts of climate change in our lifetimes.
CURBSIDE COMPOSTING- Visit your waste hauler's website to find out what is accepted in your green curbside food & yard waste cart (see links at top of this page).
- Collect all of your food waste in a kitchen compost pail. Your pail will stay cleaner if you line it with paper. (Let us know if you need a kitchen compost pail; we usually have some available.)
- You can put your compostable items in a paper bag, which can go right into the green cart!
- Hate the smell of rotting food in your home? Place the compostable items in the fridge or freezer to prevent food from rotting as quickly. Make sure to empty and clean your compost pail regularly.
- Adding layers of yard waste and/or newspaper in your green cart can help reduce the smell and rotting of food waste.
- Is your curbside compost cart starting to smell? Call your waste hauler to replace your cart (for a small fee).
- No Dirt/soil and other non-organic waste
- No bioplastic or "compostable" plastic bags in the curbside compost cart except at Bay Cities Refuse (Sausalito).
BACKYARD COMPOSTING- Here’s a good resource for
starting a compost pile. And check out the different composting systems
here.
- Concerned about your compost attracting rats? Consider a
compost tumbler, or a kitchen composter like
this one. We have received great feedback on
Mill, which is an easy odor-free way of composting- it is an investment of $799 - $999, or you can rent it for $67-$84 per month. Note: It is not required to make this investment to compost! Curbside composting is very easy!
