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What's Compostable/What's Not A-Z

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YES	NO
Ashes from fireplace or grill (cold, and contained)	Animal Waste
Baked goods	Baby Wipes
Biodegradable Bags (not plastic based, must have compost council logo)	Bandaids
Bones	Bandages
Boxes from refrigerated & frozen food	Berry containers (plastic)
Breads	Candles
Butter & margarine	Candy wrappers, chocolate bar wrappers
Cake	Cat litter
Candy	Ceramics
Certified compostable knives and forks, look for "D6400"	Cigarette butts
Certified compostable plates, cups, etc look for "D6400"	Cigars
Cereal	Cleaning products
Cheese	Condiment Packets, plastic - e.g. ketchup, mustard
Christmas/holiday wreaths and swags	Condoms
Coffee filters	Construction Materials - cement
Coffee Filters and Tea Bags	Construction materials (wood scraps)
Coffee grounds	Cosmetics
Condiment packets, paper - eg sugar, sugar substitutes, salt, etc	Crayons
Cookies	Dead Animals
Cooking oils	Demolition waste
Cork	Dental floss (it's made from Teflon or nylon)
Corn - cobs and husks	Detergents
Cottage cheese	Diapers
Cotton balls	Dog food sacks -look like paper but are plastic lined
100% Cotton or wool clothing that cannot be repaired or donated	Dryer sheets
Cotton Swabs	Feces (human and pet)
Dairy products	Fertilizers
Dough (although if we're talking money you can send it to me care of the LHP&L address)	Foil and foil type bags eg chocolate chip bags, candy wrappers
Dryer Lint	Gardening Waste
Dust bunnies	Gauze
Egg Cartons	Glass
Egg Shells	Grass Clippings
Fish & fish parts	Gravel
Fondue	Gum
French Fries	Hygiene Products
Frozen Foods	Incontinence Products
Fruit	Juice Boxes & Other Foil-Lined containers
Fruit peelings	Kitty Litter
Fur -pet grooming, not coats	Latex
Garlic	Leaves
Gift bags	Liquids (large quantities of non hazardous, pour down the drain)
Gift wrap	Markers
Grain products	Oils – Motor
Gravy & sauces	Personal feminine hygiene Products (eg tampons, pads)
Grease / lard / fat	Personal hygiene products (e.g. make-up, shampoo)
Hair -human and pet	Pesticides
Herbs & spices	Pet waste
Horse radish	Pet waste handling products
Houseplant & Flower Trimmings	Photos
Ice Cream	Plastic Bags (re-use and recycle)
Indoor plants	Plastic of any kind including plastic wrap, packaging, knives and forks
Jams and Jellies	Plastic plates and cutlery
Ketchup	Plastic bottles, Metal, or Glass (recycle in usual manner)
Masking tape (paper type, not sticky tape)	Postcards (recycle with boxboard)
Mayonnaise	Q-tips with plastic middles
Meat & meat products	Rocks
Melon - including rinds	Rubber
Microwave food packaging	Sandwich Bags
Microwave popcorn bags	Soaps
Milk & Juice Cartons (waxed cardboard, not foil lined)	Soil
Mustard	Star Tribune "oxy degradable" bags - they're plastic
Nail Clippings	Sticky tape
Newspaper - if used as a liner for a food waste container or to wrap wet food scraps, otherwise recycle	Styrofoam
Noodles	Swiffer dusters, dustmops
Nuts & nut shells	Synthetic clothing
Oatmeal	Tampons
Oils - cooking oils	Wax
Oysters	Yard Waste
Pancakes
Paper Bags (flour and sugar)
Paper take out containers (remove metal handles)
Paper Plates & Cups
Paper soiled with food
Paper Towels & Napkins
Pasta
Pastries and Pies
Peanut butter
Pencils
Pencil shavings
Pickles
Pineapples and tops
Pitas
Pizza
Pizza Boxes
PLA Natureworks items
Popcorn
Popsicle sticks (Wooden only)
Potato chips
Potatoes
Potted indoor plants
Pretzels
Pumpkins
Q-tips with cardboard middles
Relishes
Rice
Salad Dressing
Salads
Sandwiches
Sauces
Sauerkraut
Sawdust
Sea Food
Shellfish, including shells
Shrimp, including shells
Snack foods
Soup – strain liquids down the drain first.
Sour Cream
Spices
Spoiled Foods
Squash
Stuffing
Sugar
Syrup
Tea
Tea bags	For more information,
Tissues & Cotton Balls	visit www.lhpowerandlight.org
Tissue Paper	or call the City's Solid Waste and Recycling line:
Toast, tortillas, bread	612- 673-2917
Tomatoes
Toothpicks
Tuna
Vacuum Cleaner Bags
Vegetables
Waxed Paper (incl. butter wraps, pastry bags, fast food wraps)
Wreaths, swags and Holiday greenery
Yogurt (Significant volumes can be rinsed down the drain with dish water)