SALEM'S PILOT COMPOST PROGRAM "Food Scraps Plus" ... is coming to town April 16!
What can be composted through this program?
(Not to exceed capacity of 12-gallon cart)
o Raw or cooked meat and bones
o Raw or cooked fish, including bones and shells
o Dairy products, eggs and eggshells
o Pasta, bread, grains and cereals
o Fruit and vegetables, including pits and shells
o Cake, cookies, candies including gum
o Coffee grounds with filters and tea bags
o Soup, stews, yogurt
o Cooking oil, grease
o House plants, flowers, floral trimmings
o Hair (human and animal), fur
o Soiled paper (paper towels, napkins, pizza disks)
o Waxed cardboard, wax paper (but no cardboard milk & juice cartons)
o Animal bedding (from bird /hamster cages) including waste
o Sawdust, wood chopsticks
o Dryer lint
o Wine corks (not plastic!)
o Wood Stove Ash
o Tissues, paper towels, paper napkins
o Paper cotton swabs and cotton balls
o Bunny, chicken, hamster pet waste
Styrofoam is actually a product name. The real name of this foam is expanded polystyrene or EPS for short. EPS is made by taking number 6 plastic and injecting it with air to make it foamy.