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Remove all produce stickers (these are mostly plastic, contaminate compost, and belong in the trash), packaging, and twist ties (reuse until they go the landfill) before composting your food scraps.

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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.

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
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.

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	Organics	Note
Alameda	All food scraps OK including meat, condiments, vegetables, and spoiled food. Please separate food from any packaging or plastic wrap. ###
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. ###
Berkeley	###
Castro Valley Sanitary District	###
Dublin	###
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. ###
Fremont	###
Hayward	###
Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)	###
Livermore	###
Newark	###
Oakland	Go to www.StopFoodWaste.org for tips to save time, money, and edible food. ###
Piedmont	###
Pleasanton	###
San Leandro	###
San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)	###
San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)	###
Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)	###
Union City	Including coffee filters and grounds ###

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