GREEN O • Recycling in your complex

THE OSIDER SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2022

How To Guide for Food Scraps + Recycling in Your Complex

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Each apartment dweller in Oceanside received informational materials sent directly to you from Waste Management that includes a What Goes Where magnet and a MultiFamily/Business Service Guide. Sorting is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1. Get to know where everything goes and pass it along in your household. HINT!! Did you know food scraps include: meat, fish, bones, dairy, eggs, cheese, and shells along with fruit and vegetable peels and pits? Don’t forget about the paper too! Any food-soiled paper, towels, napkins, bags, and paper to-go packaging go in the brown bin.

2. Set up three cans and sort in your kitchen, one for each stream (recyclables, food scraps, and landfill) and add signage. 3. Decide on your own how often to take out your food scraps container. If you’re worried about keeping the brown bin clean, you can put your scraps into paper bags or clear plastic liners. Don’t forget, your greasy paper bag and burger wrapper goes into the food scraps container as well! When ready, toss in the correct outdoor bin and don’t overload the bin as the lid must close. With all your food scraps and food soiled paper going into the new bin, you’ll start to notice your trash bag is shrinking! What’s left in the trash should only be materials like plastic food wrappers, foam take-out containers, single-use plastic utensils, sandwich baggies, and bathroom waste!

Not sure what to do? The City of Oceanside and Waste Management are here to help answer questions and offer assistance. Just go to WM’s website, business.wm.com.oceanside, or email at Oceansidezerowaste@oceansideca.org. Please note, food scraps services are not yet available for single family households.