Trying to find a food waste drop-off or pick-up service? We have a few ideas that may help meet your organics recycling goals.

1. Food waste
drop-off
Recycle food waste even if
your municipality doesn’t offer
curbside collection

2. Can I drop off my food waste at a
McGill composting facility?
We are often asked:

3. We don’t offer drop-off
services to the general
public. But …

4. we do
have
suggestions.

5. Food waste recycling [YOUR TOWN]

6. Look for a
third-party
collection
company that
specializes in
food waste bin
and cart pick-
up,

7. a farmers
market, event, or
other venue
offering food
waste drop-off,
or …

8. a municipal drop site like this one in
Wake County, NC.

9. 40 tons is the minimum amount of waste
required to make direct service by McGill
an economical option for most.

10. But many 3rd party
haulers will have
lower minimums.

11. Some offer door-
to-door pick-up for
homes and small
businesses.

12. Others focus on
schools, restaurants,
and larger institutional
or commercial
accounts.

13. All will collect from
multiple drop locations,
then haul to McGill
or another food
waste composter
for recycling.

14. McGill will accept all types
of food waste, plus things like –
• Certified-compostable plastics
• Pizza boxes, and
• Other dirty paper and cardboard
that can’t be processed by
traditional recyclers

15. If you want to
GER

16. … create a group generating the minimums
required for McGill or 3rd party collection.

17. Your group could be a shopping
mall, neighborhood association,
school district, or just a collection
of like-minded individuals.

18. Develop a program that will
comply with any applicable
state or local regulations,

19. choose a hauler that services
accounts matching your generation
volumes,

20. and set up
a drop site.

21. Educate your community about your
hauler’s requirements and the importance
of avoiding contamination of food waste
with plastics, metal, and glass.

22. Learn more about
food waste recycling:
APR 2019 Talking Compost
Find food waste drop-off services
DEC 2017 BioCycle
Residential food waste collection
access in the U.S.

23. Production costs for this title were underwritten by McGill. Its use is permitted for educational purposes
if presented in its entirety and without editing or other alteration. ©McGill Environmental Systems of N.C.
Inc. Questions? Call McGill HQ at 919-362-1161 or use a contact form at www.mcgillcompost.com.
Food waste
drop-off
View more titles in the Talking Compost series
at www.mcgillcompost.com/resources