What does GCP accept for composting?

✅ Yes, Please!

These items break down beautifully in our compost system:

🥕 Fruit & veggie scraps
🥣 Stale cereal
🍞 Stale bread
🌾 Stale flour
🥚 Eggshells (crushed)
📰 Newspaper (no glossy print)
☕ Coffee grounds & filters
🍵 Loose tea leaves (no plastic tea bags!)
🍝 Plain, cooked pasta (no sauce or oil)
🎃 Pumpkins (cut into chunks)
🌿 Dead garden plants (no weeds or diseased plants)
🪵 Wood chips (in small amounts)
📦 Cardboard egg cartons & brown paper

❌ No, Thank You!

These items do not belong in backyard compost:

🧈 Oils or fats
🍚 Rice
🧀 Dairy products (cheese, milk, yogurt)
🍗 Meat or bones
🐟 Fish or seafood scraps
🏷️ Fruit stickers
🔪 "Compostable" cutlery & bioplastics (they don’t break down well)
🔁 Rubber bands & twist ties
🧃 Plastic of any kind

💡 Helpful Tips!

🪓 Chop it up! Cutting food scraps into smaller pieces and tearing egg cartons before adding them helps speed up the composting process.

🔍 Remove extras! Always peel off fruit stickers and remove rubber bands from produce before composting.