Where Does it Go? (Compost and Recycling and Garbage, oh my!)

Source: Seattle Recycling Published: January 2019

Source: Seattle Recycling
Published: January 2019

Where Does it Go?

Circulated: April 15, 2019

Food & Compost

• Food soiled paper (without shiny coating) — pizza box, egg carton, coffee filter

• All food waste — banana peel, fish bones, egg shells

• Yard waste, plants, and untreated wood

Recycle

• Clean paper and cardboard — paper plates, Amazon boxes, milk container (washed out), Starbucks cup (washed out)

• Cleaned plastics — Tupperware, empty plastic bottles (with the cap on), plastic bags (bagged together), scrap metal (less than 2x2 feet)

• Cleaned glass and metal — Wine bottle, soup cans, beer bottle

Garbage

• Non-recyclable paper and plastic — used eating utensils, food containers with food (such as ketchup), photos

• Foam trays and containers — Cup Noodles, packing styrofoam

• Non-recyclable glass — broken glass, light bulbs

• Other — DVDs, dog poop bags, diapers, packing peanuts (bagged), lids and tops (less than 3 inches wide)