#BRUSH PILOT FOR WINDOWS HOW TO#

#BRUSH PILOT FOR WINDOWS HOW TO#

Read how to collect and store compostables with this downloadable 'How-To Guide.' Haga clic aquí para la versión en Español.Ĭonsider lining the green wheeled cart and kitchen pail with a compostable liner, a paper yard trim bag, or another absorbent material such as paper towels, paper napkins, newspaper, pizza boxes, or leaves to help soak up the moisture created when food begins to break down. View 'Acceptable Compostable Bags' here (English). In addition, paper lunch or grocery bags are fine as kitchen pail liners. Paper yard trim bags are acceptable as liners. In no case are traditional plastic bags of any kind accepted. While the most sustainable option is not to use a liner, you can use a compostable bag or liner in your kitchen pail (3-gallon-sized bag) or wheeled green cart (33-gallon-sized bag).īags must be compostable – labeled as either “ home compostable” or “ commercially/industrially compostable.” Bags that are labeled only as plant-based or biodegradable are not accepted. Visit EPA's website for more information on the benefits of reducing waste.Ĭurbside Compost Resources for Successful Preparation Compostable Bags/ Liners Watch this video tour of the Organics Composting Facility! Businesses that compost will be viewed by customers as environmentally conscious, and you may experience savings in disposal costs, as the composting facility’s fee is less than most landfills. Sending your food scraps to the Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility (OCF) for composting will help keep valuable materials out of our landfills, reduce harmful greenhouse gases, protect our environment and help Prince George’s County get closer to our zero waste and waste diversion goals. Nearly 24% of the garbage landfilled in Prince George’s County is food waste that could have been composted. Curbside Compost Educational Materials How-To Compost GuideĪbout 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted globally each year, around 40% of that comes from restaurants and 10% from Grocery Stores.*įood scraps are exactly what they sound like: any pre or post-consumed food substance that is discarded.

If yard trim/waste is not stored in the cart, residents may continue to place yard trim/waste beside the cart in paper yard trim/waste bags or another container with a tight-fitting lid marked 'Yard Trim' or 'Yard Waste.' However, all food and food-soiled items must be placed in the 32- gallon wheeled green cart for pick-up. Residents are asked to include only food, food-related items, and yard trim/waste (optional) in the cart for collection. The County is offering this program to help keep valuable materials that are not waste out of our landfill, reduce excessive greenhouse gas emissions, protect our environment, and reduce the cost and environmental impacts of trash pickup.Įligible households will receive everything needed to start composting, including a 32-gallon wheeled green cart, a 2-gallon kitchen pail, a How-To Guide, a refrigerator magnet, a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and a list of acceptable compostable liners.įood and food-soiled paper items, including paper towels, plates and napkins, pizza boxes, and ice cream containers, may be composted by setting out at the curb by 6 am on Mondays for collection.

All other eligible residents will receive materials in 2023. Eligible residents in north, central and south County will receive direct mail outlining their wheeled green cart and kitchen pail deliveries in the fall of 2022. We are implementing this program with a phased rollout.

Every Monday.” The program adds another sanitation collection service to the County’s weekly pickup schedule. With the successful implementation of the Curbside Food Scraps Composting pilot and two expansions, Prince George’s County is proud to launch Phase 3 and expansion to eligible residents receiving County-contracted trash and recycling services.

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