Recycling Organics in San Luis Obispo County

Did you know, around 40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted?

In California alone, organic waste accounts for more than a third of our total waste stream, around 12 million pounds annually. 

If you can't divert your food waste, why not let us turn it into compost and carbon-neutral energy?! 

Grab a free food scrap pail at San Luis Garbage, IWMA, and most City or Community Service District officies (call ahead for hours and details).

Dump the contents of this kitchen top food scrap pail into your green organics bin along with your yard waste (including flowers, grass, small branches, untreated lumber, etc.)

Please remember, no plastic or "compostable" bags should ever go in your Organics cart! Even the "green" bags do not break down in our system.

Paper bags are a useful bag alternative, or try lining your food scrap pail with newspaper or junk mail. A small liner of baking soda, or keeping food scraps in the fridge or freezer until pickup day, can also help with smells or pests. These pails are dishwasher safe too.