Save Money (and the Planet) with Austin’s Curbside Composting Collection

Composting in Austin has never been easier thanks to the ever-expanding Curbside Composting Collection program. The program collects food scraps, yard trimmings, and food-soiled paper from your green cart, and then converts them into nutrient-rich compost.

SAVE MONEY

After putting food scraps and food-soiled paper in your green cart, you will have less trash to throw away each week. This may allow you to downsize to a smaller trash cart – and the smaller the cart, the less it will cost you each month.

SAVE THE PLANET

A recent study showed that almost half of everything residential customers send to the landfill is compostable material.

When buried in a landfill, compostable materials do not break down as they would in nature or in a compost pile. They decompose anaerobically, without oxygen, and in the process become the number one source of human-caused methane released into the atmosphere.

As compost, your materials will help soil retain water, and will fertilize lawns and gardens without the need for chemicals.

https://www.austintexas.gov/austincomposts

Look for your home on this map to see if you are in the Curbside Composting service area:
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Austin Resource Recovery
4108 Todd Ln,
Austin, TX 78744
(512) 494-9400
Contact: http://www.austintexas.gov/online-form/send-email-austin-resource-recovery