Residential Composting in Miami-Dade — Free Centralized Community Food Scrap Collection Sites

Any food items. Fruit and veggie peels, leftovers, cooked food, uncooked food, meat, dairy products, bones, moldy bread, stale crackers… all food scraps are welcomed.

No non-food items please. Compostable plates, bags, products of any kind are NOT accepted. Nor are store bought flowers - unfortunately these are treated with too many pesticides and fertilizers which contaminate the finished compost. Flowers from your garden would be fine.

Yes. The reason most people discourage composting of animal byproducts is because when done incorrectly, it can attract more pests. But ANY food leftovers can be safely deposited in our Compost HUBs. In fact, many of our participants who have compost systems at home, use our drop off HUBs as a supplement for exactly this reason.

Yes and No. Brown paper and cardboard and generally safe. Pizza boxes that cannot be recycled because of grease can be easily composted. Break them into smaller pieces please.

Napkins and paper towels are a little tricky because of the bleach. Generally, the brands made from recycled paper will also say somewhere on the packaging, "whitened without chlorine bleach". This is the ONLY WHITE paper you can safely compost.

Paper of any kind whitened with bleach is NOT recommended. Bleach breaks down to a chemical called dioxin which takes a long time to work its way out of the soil. Glossy magazine paper is also prohibited. So if in doubt, throw it out.

Unfortunately, no. We do not accept any "compostable products" including bags, cups, plates and cutlery. Many contain PFAS (aka "forever chemicals") or just break down in to microscopic bits of plastic. So food only. If your bin is getting stinky, we recommend storing it in the fridge or freezer during the week. Pro tip: placing stinky items in the freezer after cleaning gets rid of the stankiest of smells, we know from experience. ;-)

Unfortunately, no. We do not accept any "compostable products" including bags, cups, plates and cutlery. Many contain PFAS (aka "forever chemicals") or just break down to microscopic bits of plastic. This means it may visually break down, but can contaminate the finished compost, so we err on the side of caution and prohibit all of these compostable products.

Store-bought flowers. While flowers from your garden are totally fine, store bought flowers are sprayed with so many pesticides and fertilizers that they can kill off the microbes that perform the actual work of composting!

While there are other companies that do offer this kind of service, we do not. Instead, we offer these drop off options for free and will be having more Compost HUBs coming soon!