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Commercial Food Scrap Collection

Nearly 200 businesses in King County: grocery stores, restaurants and home and garden centers, reduce their disposed waste by composting their organics. Organic materials from commercial establishments suitable for composting include:

• food scraps
• food-soiled paper
• waxed cardboard
• plants
• wood scraps

Recycling organics and food residuals decreases the amount of waste going to the landfill, and instead recycles it into rich, earth-friendly compost at a regional composting facility (external).

Search the King County "What do I do With" Web Site for locations to dispose of non-compostable food such as fats, oils and grease. King County encourages organic recycling, and especially food wastes, along with their other business related recycling.

Are you a business that could donate edible food? See edible food for donation.

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