Food scraps are leftover food, inedible parts of food products, and spoiled food.
Remove all produce stickers, packaging, and twist ties before composting.
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Here are resources to learn how turn your food scraps into compost at home, or source compost (and mulch) to apply on your garden, houseplants, or landscape.
BioCycle's FindAComposter.com, a publicly searchable database of composting facilities in the U.S. and Canada.
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| Berkeley Transfer Station | 1201 2nd St. | Berkeley | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Common Compost | 2311 Magnolia St | Oakland | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Contra Costa Transfer & Recovery Station (CCTRS) | 951 Waterbird Way | Martinez | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) | 2615 Davis St. | San Leandro | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | Public drop-off area | |
| Earthworm Soil Factory | 2552 Clark Rd. | Butte Valley | Reuse | Pick-up for a Fee | Sells worms for food scrap composting or vermicomposting. | |
| EBMUD (East Bay Municipal Utility District) | 2020 Wake Ave | Oakland | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial quantity. Animal Processing Waste, Animal Blood (Beef, Poultry, Sheep, Swine/Pig) | |
| Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station | 41149 Boyce Rd. | Fremont | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | Deposit plant debris, food scraps & food-soiled paper in the facility’s designated “clean green” area.,Must not contain any liquid | |
| Golden Bear Transfer Station | 1 Parr Blvd. | Richmond | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Green Planet 21 | 336 Adeline Street | Oakland | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Depackaging partnered with food waste processing and bio-digesters. | |
| GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Compost | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| Imperial Western Products | 86-600 Ave. 54 | Coachella | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Call for complete service information | |
| O2 Artisans Aggregate (O2AA) | 2311 Magnolia St | Oakland | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Some of our systems include aquaponic gardening and fish farming, solar power production, waste water digestion for re-use, the construction of a community kitchen space, bio-char and bio-chip production, composting facilities and up-cycling food waste to create a sustainable animal feed. | |
| Pleasanton Transfer Station | 3110 Busch Rd. | Pleasanton | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| REAP Center | 2133 Tynan Ave | Alameda | Reuse | Free Drop-off | Looking for large volume and regular food scrap donations for composting. Spent brewing grains accepted. | |
| Reconserve-Stockton | 704 Zephyr St. | Stockton | Compost | Pick-up for a Fee | Depackages and recycles packaged food for turning into animal feed | |
| Recycling Center & Transfer Station - Contra Costa Waste Service | 1300 Loveridge Rd. | Pittsburg | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Republic Services, Inc. | 42600 Boyce Road | Fremont | Compost | Pick-up for a Fee | ||
| The Recycler's Exchange (Recycler's World) | PO Box 58228 | Salt Lake City | Compost | Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up, Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee | Depends on listing for fees/pick up/drop off | |
| Waste Management of Alameda County | 172 98th Ave. | Oakland | Compost | Pick-up for a Fee | Commercial waste hauling service | |
| West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill Organics Processing Facility | Foot of Parr Blvd. | Richmond | Compost | Drop-off for a Fee |
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| Alameda |
All food scraps OK including meat, condiments, vegetables, and spoiled food. Please separate food from any packaging or plastic wrap. ### |
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| Albany |
Clean out the fridge. All food scraps OK including meat, condiments, vegetables, and spoiled food. Please separate food from any packaging or plastic wrap. ### |
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| Berkeley |
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| Castro Valley Sanitary District |
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| Dublin |
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| Emeryville |
Clean out the fridge. All food scraps OK including meat, condiments, vegetables, and spoiled food. Please separate food from any packaging or plastic wrap. ### |
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| Fremont |
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| Hayward |
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| Hayward (Oro Loma - L2) |
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| Livermore |
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| Newark |
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| Oakland |
Go to www.StopFoodWaste.org for tips to save time, money, and edible food. ### |
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| Piedmont |
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| Pleasanton |
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| San Leandro |
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| San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3) |
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| San Lorenzo (Oro Loma) |
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| Union City |
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