Fruit and vegetable scraps

Pasta, bread, cereal

Cooked foods

Egg shells

Coffee grounds, filters, & tea bags

Paper towels and paper towel rolls

Wax paper

100% paper products

Pizza boxes

Muffin wrappers

Flour and sugar bags

Plain paper plates not lined with plastic film

Baked goods: Candies, cookies, pastries, cake, etc.

Baking ingredients, herbs, spices

Household plants including soil

Pet food

100% BPI certified compostable products

Meat, bones, fish products

Dairy products

If you find you have more material, or the BioBag can’t be tied, you can order a second bucket for $5 extra per month.

We service compost buckets between 7am and 5pm Wednesdays and Fridays. There are no weekend services.

We observe New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Your route will be moved to a different day during those weeks. We will notify you via email.

You may leave pumpkins in the drop-off at Fertile Ground, but we cannot take them in the community drop-offs due to space restrictions.

No, but you may drop off leaves and tree limbs at our facility. We charge a minimum fee of $15. Truck full of yard waste (leaves and tree limbs) is $40. Landscape trailer is $65. We do not take grass clippings.

Mixed paper, metal cans, plastics #1 #2 & #5 (soda, water, salad dressing, laundry detergent, shampoo, and conditioner bottles; milk jugs; etc.), cardboard, and paperboard. Plastic bags, glass, styrofoam, and trash cannot be placed in your recycle bin.

Accepted items: all glass containers, e.g. beer and wine bottles, glass jars; home window glass; auto glass pieces. Not accepted items: Whole windshields; any composite glass product, including ceramic, Pyrex, Corningware, dinner plates/china, lids, or caps.

Fertile Ground works with an Oklahoma-based glass plant that converts recycled glass into a cullet used to make new glass products.

Fertile Ground sends plastics to a recycling facility in Texas and to a facility in Missouri that turns waste plastic into pallets and outdoor products.

Fertile Ground sends aluminum to a recycling facility in Oklahoma and sends steel to a recycling facility in Texas.

Fertile Ground sends paper and cardboard to a facility in Texas, where it is turned into materials that are shipped to box plants in Texas, Arizona, California, and Mexico.

We offer both recycling and composting services for apartments and condos! Sign up for our Group Pick-Up here.

We will service your bin between 7am and 5pm Monday-Friday. There are no weekend services.

We observe New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Your route will be moved to a different day during those weeks. We will notify you via email.

Leaves, tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter, wood chips, house plants, and shrubbery. Not sure if we’ll take it? Contact us!

You can bring it during business hours, M-F 8-5, and Saturday 8-1 March-November. We close on Saturdays December-February.

The office is closed New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. We may have shorter hours on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Fruit and vegetable scraps

Pasta, bread, cereal

Cooked foods

Egg shells

Coffee grounds, filters, & tea bags

Paper towels and paper towel rolls

Wax paper

100% paper products

Pizza boxes

Muffin wrappers

Flour and sugar bags

Plain paper plates not lined with plastic film

Baked goods: Candies, cookies, pastries, cake, etc.

Baking ingredients, herbs, spices

Household plants including soil

Pet food

100% BPI certified compostable products

Meat, bones, fish products

Dairy products

We’re happy to talk with you about more sustainable waste management options and getting your team involved. Feel free to contact us to discuss your specific needs.

We will service your bin between 8am and 5pm, Monday-Friday. There are no weekend services.

We observe New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Your route will be moved to a different day during those weeks. We will notify you via email.

Fertile Ground can handle a wide variety of recyclable materials. Contact us for more information about how we can meet your needs.

Mixed paper, metal cans, plastics #1 #2 & #5 (soda, water, salad dressing, laundry detergent, shampoo, and conditioner bottles; milk jugs; etc.), cardboard, and paperboard. Plastic bags, styrofoam, glass, food, and trash are not accepted in recycling.

Accepted items: all glass containers, e.g. beer and wine bottles, glass jars; home window glass; auto glass pieces. Not accepted items: Whole windshields; any composite glass product, including ceramic, Pyrex, Corningware, dinner plates/china, lids, and caps.

We will service your commercial bin between 8am and 5pm, Monday-Friday. There are no weekend services.

We observe New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Your route will be moved to a different day during those weeks. We will notify you via email.

Most major food distribution companies carry compostable products. You can verify if a product is 100% compostable by entering the sku# here: https://bpiworld.org/, or by checking the item for “BPI Certified”. We only accept BPI Certified products in our compost.

We’ve provided services for events from a small office party to a festival with 100,000 attendees! Call on us for a conference, a wedding, a concert - anything you need.