You can NOT compost the following items:

  • Aluminum foil (recycle!)
  • Animal or human waste (no poop)
  • Aquarium water or sludge
  • Batteries (recycle!)
  • Broken glass
  • Buckets
  • Candles, crayons, wax
  • CD-DVDs
  • Charcoal ash
  • Chemicals
  • Cigarette butts
  • Coal
  • Cosmetics
  • Dangerous items
  • Dead animals
  • Diapers
  • Diseased plants
  • Electronics (recycle!)
  • E-waste
  • Foil wrappers and shiny packaging
  • Glass bottles (recycle!)
  • Glossy, slick colored paper (recycle!)
  • Herbicides
  • Inorganic materials (polyester, acrylic, rubber, etc.)
  • Invasive plants
  • Kitty litter
  • Magazines
  • Medical waste
  • Medicine (special disposal!)
  • Metal cans (recycle!)
  • Newspaper (recycle!)
  • Non-compostable waste
  • Packaging from toxics
  • Paint
  • Paper (recycle!)
  • Paperware (with plastic lining, wax ok)
  • Pernicious, invasive weeds
  • Pesticides
  • Plastic bags (recycle!)
  • Plastic bottles and boxes (recycle!)
  • Plastic cups
  • Plastics
  • Poisonous plants
  • Razor blades
  • Recyclables
  • Rubber bands
  • Soiled bandages
  • Tissues (used)
  • Toxics
  • Treated woods
  • Tube lights
  • Twist ties
  • Wood ash