You can recycle food scraps from home!
The Food Scraps Pickup Program makes recycling food scraps from home easy with free food scrap bags for eligible households.
The Food Scraps Pickup Program provides a free annual supply of food scrap bags for households in Ramsey and Washington counties to make recycling food scraps easy.
How It Works
The Food Scraps Pickup Program is a new way for residents of Ramsey and Washington counties to recycle food scraps from home for free! The program is rolling out over multiple years and will eventually be available to all residents of the two counties. See if you are currently eligible to participate.
Order your free annual supply of food scrap bags.
Collect your food scraps in the food scrap bags. At least once a week, tie a knot at the top to close the bag.
Place your food scrap bag inside your trash cart or dumpster for collection.
Done! The food scraps will be composted.
Follow a food scrap bag’s journey.
Follow the journey of a food scrap bag as it travels from the kitchen to a local community garden. This video gives a behind-the-scenes look into how food scraps are collected, sorted and returned to earth through the Food Scrap Pickup Program. See how collecting food scraps can create real change, one bag at a time.
Get started collecting food scraps today!
How do I order food scrap bags?
Click the button below to verify your address, create your account and select the bag size you need. Then confirm and place your order. Need help? Call 651-661-9393.
What food scraps can be collected?
Collect food scraps like fruit and vegetable peels, bones, trimmings, coffee grounds, nuts and shells, dairy products, eggs and eggshells, moldy or rotten food and more!
What are folks saying about it?
I ordered the bags online and they came a few days later. I was surprised at how fast and how easy it was. I don’t have to take it anywhere. I don’t have to separate it from the other trash. I can put it right in the trash container and off it goes. If all of us do a little bit to help, it’s going to make a big difference.
Lorna
Participant
