Clyde accepts this item in your curbside garbage container.
Food Scraps
Remove all produce stickers, packaging, and twist ties before composting.
Did you know that reducing food waste is one of the leading solutions to climate change? Click here Food Saving Tips.
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.
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951 Waterbird Way, Martinez • (925) 232-2999Drop-off for a Fee -
- Compost
1300 Loveridge Rd., Pittsburg • (925) 473-0180Drop-off for a Fee -
- Compost
1201 2nd St., Berkeley • (510) 981-7270Drop-off for a Fee -
- Compost
Foot of Parr Blvd., Richmond • (510) 262-7100Drop-off for a Fee -
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1 Parr Blvd., Richmond • (510) 970-7274Drop-off for a Fee -
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2311 Magnolia St, Oakland • (510) 251-8889Some 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.Free Drop-off -
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2020 Wake Ave, Oakland • 510-287-1651Commercial quantity. Animal Processing Waste, Animal Blood (Beef, Poultry, Sheep, Swine/Pig)Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee -
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336 Adeline Street, Oakland • (510) 873-8777Depackaging partnered with food waste processing and bio-digesters.Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee -
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2133 Tynan Ave, Alameda •Looking for large volume and regular food scrap donations for composting. Spent brewing grains accepted.Free Drop-off -
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172 98th Ave., Oakland • (510) 613-8700Commercial waste hauling servicePick-up for a Fee -
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3110 Busch Rd., Pleasanton • (925) 846-2042Drop-off for a Fee -
- Compost
41149 Boyce Rd., Fremont • (510) 252-0500Deposit plant debris, food scraps & food-soiled paper in the facility’s designated “clean green” area.,Must not contain any liquidDrop-off for a Fee -
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42600 Boyce Road, Fremont • 510-657-3500Pick-up for a Fee -
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704 Zephyr St., Stockton • (209) 982-5085Depackages and recycles packaged food for turning into animal feedPick-up for a Fee -
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1001 I St, Sacramento • (800) 732-9253http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/FacIT/Facility/Search.aspxDrop-off for a Fee -
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980 State Hwy. 25, Gilroy • (408) 846-1577Commercial composting facilityPick-up for a Fee -
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2552 Clark Rd., Butte Valley • (530) 895-9676Sells worms for food scrap composting or vermicomposting.Pick-up for a Fee -
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PO Box 58228, Salt Lake City •Buyback Mail-in -
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86-600 Ave. 54, Coachella • (800) 975-6677Call for complete service informationPick-up for a Fee
