Hilliard’s Community Composting Program invites residents to participate in simple, effective actions to support sustainability. By composting the food waste in your home, you can help divert waste from the landfill and reduce carbon emissions that harm the environment.
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Fruit + veggie scraps |
Diapers |
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Coffee grounds, filters, and tea bags |
K-Cups, compostable bags, utensils, and containers (unless written approval is obtained) |
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Cooked meat |
Uncooked meat, fish, and bones |
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Eggs, eggshells, and nuts |
Fats, grease, and oils |
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Dairy |
Personal health care products, pharmaceuticals |
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Grains, pasta, baked goods, and beans |
Electronics |
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Plastics, rocks, stones, metals, polystyrene, or glass |
Fruits, vegetables, grains, pasta, baked goods, beans, coffee grounds, eggs, eggshells, dairy, cooked meat, wood, other plant- and animal-based material, soiled non-coated paper/fiber products, and WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL “BPI certified compostable” plastic products (i.e., trash can liners/bags, forks, spoons, knives, cups, bowls, plates, straws, and other service ware) are accepted.
Rocks, stone, glass, all plastics which are not “BPI certified compostable” (i.e., bags, forks, spoons, knives, cups, bowls, plates, straws, and other service ware), metal, steel, tin, aluminum, electronics, Styrofoam, personal health care products, pharmaceuticals, diapers, non-compostable packaging, and coated paper/fiber products.
Starting in January 2027, Hilliard residents will have a new, easy way to reduce household waste and support a more sustainable community. Enrollment is now open for the new weekly voluntary Food Waste Collection Program.
The optional service, provided by Local Waste Services, gives residents a convenient way to keep food scraps out of landfills, where they produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Instead, collected food waste will be composted and turned into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
Residents can enroll for $15 per month. Click here to enroll.
After enrolling, participants will receive a 5-gallon bucket with a lid and a starter roll of liners
On your regular trash and recycling collection day, place your filled bucket at the curb or edge of your driveway. To help prevent spills and keep wildlife away, securely tie the liner and firmly close the bucket lid before setting it out.
After using the starter roll, participants are responsible for purchasing additional compostable liners.
When purchasing liners, look for the following:
Not interested in weekly curbside service? Hilliard residents can continue to drop off approved food waste free of charge at the City’s food waste drop-off station at 3740 Municipal Way.
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