Food Scraps
Food scraps are banned from the trash in Vermont and may be composted in backyard composting systems, donated to farms, or dropped off community collection points and transfer stations. Visit our Diverting Food Scraps and Organics page to learn about Vermont’s food scrap band and visit our Composting page for guidance on how to compost at home.
A-Z List
- Aerosol Containers
- Aluminum Cans
- Aluminum Foil
- Ammunition
- Antifreeze
- Appliances
- Asbestos
- Asphalt Shingles
- Baby Products/Toys
- Batteries
- Beverage Containers
- Blankets and Bedding
- Books
- Bottle Caps
- Brita Water Filters
- Cable/satellite receivers
- Calculators
- Car Seats
- Cardboard
- CD and DVD Cases
- Ceiling Tiles
- Cell Phones
- Clean Wood
- Clothing
- Coffee brewers (less than 40 lbs.)
- Coffee Pods
- Computers and Electronics
- Construction and Demolition Debris
- Contact Lenses and Packaging
- Digital & video cameras
- Disaster Debris/Flood Debris
- Drywall
- Explosives and Fireworks
- Facial Tissue
- Fax Machines
- Fire Extinguishers
- Flash Drives (USB Drives)
- Fluorescent Bulbs
- Food Donation
- Food Scraps
- Furniture
- Gaming consoles & controllers
- Gasoline
- Glass
- Hangers
- Hazardous Waste
- Headphones & earbuds
- Holiday Lights (Christmas Lights)
- Inkjet and Toner Cartridges
- Label makers
- Laminators
- Leaf and Yard Debris
- Maple Tubing
- Mattresses
- Medical Waste
- Mercury Thermostats
- Mercury-Containing Devices
- Milk/Juice Cartons
- Motor Oil and Filters
- Needles and Sharps
- Paint
- Paper (mixed)
- Pesticides
- Pill Bottles
- Pizza Boxes
- Plant Pot (Plastic)
- Plastic Bags, Mailers, and Film/Wrap
- Plastics
- Prescription Medicines
- Propane Tanks
- Radios, Stereos, and Other Electronic Items
- Recyclables
- Refrigerators
- Ribbons and Bows
- Scrap Metal
- Shoes
- Shredders
- Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- SodaStream CO2 cylinders
- Steal Cans
- Styrofoam
- Tablet & phone cases
- Tires
- Toothbrushes
- Tyvek Envelopes
- Video streaming devices (Smart TV boxes)
- Wrapping Paper
- Writing tools (pens, markers, mechanical pencils)
- Xylophones
- Yard Waste