The City of Greenbelt is proud to introduce the new food scraps drop off program! By partnering with Compost Crew, Greenbelt residents will now be able to bring excess food scraps, that would normally fill up the landfill and slowly release greenhouse gases, to the Residential Recycling Center located in between Buddy Attick Park and the Public Works building at 555 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770.

Why Compost?

Food waste constitutes about 22% of discarded solid waste in America. As our waste streams fill up our landfills, it is important to divert as much as possible and composting food scraps is an easy way to achieve that. When food waste is left in landfills or incinerated it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Composting is a sustainable alternative that puts nutrients back into local soils and our food system by using the finished compost as fertilizer for local farms, creating a truly sustainable food cycle system.

What can be composted?

Not sure if a product is BPI Certified and compostable? Double check here.

FAQ's

Questions? Contact Environmental Coordinator, Kevin Carpenter-Driscoll, at kdriscoll@greenbeltmd.gov