Food Waste

Composters are quick and easy to set up, but require ongoing maintenance to work well.

Composters can accept most yard waste (except for weed seeds and waste contaminated with herbicides or pesticides) and food waste (except for meat, dairy and oil).

Composting can give you excellent organic material that can be used to improve your garden or lawn soil.  

Digestors require work upfront to install, but little to no maintenance once they are installed. Digestors can break down small amounts of meat, dairy and oil. The product created through digestion is not appropriate to add to your garden or lawn.

Only food waste can be disposed of in the Molok bins. Acceptable food items include:

• Baked goods
• Coffee grounds and filters
• Cooked food
• Dairy products
• Eggs and shells
• Fruits and vegetables
• Leftover food
• Meat, fish and bones
• Tea bags

Food waste can be dumped directly into the Moloks. If you must wrap your food waste use plain paper bags or newspaper.

Items that cannot be disposed of in the Molok bins include:

• Paper towel, tissue, napkins
• Kitty litter
• Dog feces
• Food still in its container/wrapping
• Sanitary products, diapers
• "Compostable" or “biodegradable” plastic products
• Paper coffee cups
• Leaf, brush and yard waste

Bags marketed as “compostable” or “biodegradable” do not break down in our system, please use regular paper bags or sheets of newsprint to contain your food waste.

Do not throw any type of plastic into the Molok bins!