FAQs

Composting helps on an individual, community, and global level! It reduces odors and organic waste in your home, and reduces the amount of food being sent to landfills. On a global level, this reduces greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. Composting is a simple habit that creates a sustainable way of life while protecting the environment. You can learn more about the benefits of composting here.

We do the work for you! With WasteNot, all you have to do is fill your bucket and leave it out for collection, and we do the rest. Composting at home also limits what you can put in your bucket, while WasteNot has the resources to accept a wider range of items. You can learn more about composting through WasteNot here.

Generally speaking, “if it grows, it goes!” Anything once living can be composted. At WasteNot, we are able to accept a wide variety of items due to being on the industrial level. To view what’s compostable with WasteNot, check out our guide here.

Just a few things! Pet droppings, excessive liquids, plastics (including wrappers), metals, and glass can’t be composted.

No! Contrary to popular belief, separating your compostable waste reduces odors. Additionally, you receive a clean receptacle on every WasteNot scheduled service day. This prevents residues (which contribute to odor) from building up. If placing more odorous items into your bucket rather than freezing, you may add odor neutralizers such as coffee grounds, citrus, or mint.

Compostable liners are not necessary for your WasteNot bucket due to an upgraded sanitation process on our end. If you prefer to line your bucket, you can line your WasteNot bucket with a BPI-certified compostable liner—these are also available on the member WasteNot shop for easy ordering & delivery on scheduled service days.

The process of composting takes the nutrients from the composted products and breaks it down, creating a fertilizer that can then be used to enrich soil in your garden or community. This is known as “compost giveback.” Learn more about the benefits of finished compost here.

You can read about and sign up for our glass recycling program on our residential glass page.

If you are a current composter with WasteNot, fill out this form to sign up for glass recycling. If you are not a WasteNot member yet, click here to sign up!

This service is an add-on to your current compost service. You can select the frequency of service that matches your compost, either weekly or bi-weekly glass bucket service options available.

Our glass service is an add-on to your compost service. When you request to skip a service date, both your compost and glass services will be skipped together when this request is made. If you'd like to skip both services, you can make the request in your member portal.

We accept food and beverage glass containers, drinking vessels, and jars. You can see our full list of our glass recycling do’s and don’ts here.

Yes! You don't need to worry about glass shards. Simply place them in your glass bucket, and we'll take care of the rest.

Nope! You can toss all your brown, green, blue and clear glass items into your WasteNot recycling bin.

No, you can leave all lids, caps, and labels on your containers!

Yes, you can leave any type of lid on your glass container, including metal ones.

There are many reasons why it is important to recycle glass separate from the rest of your recyclables. When glass breaks in the multi-stream recycling process, it ends up being too difficult to separate and reprocess so recyclers end up sending it landfills. Since glass is 100% recyclable and the glass recycling process reduces pollution, it’s super important to separate your glass!

WasteNot’s glass terms and conditions are linked here.