Turkeys and Trees Belong in Your Green Roll Cart

The holidays mean more food on your table.  This year, the holidays mean more food in your green Portland Composts! roll cart.

Not only can you add food scraps – from meat to bones to dairy – to your green roll cart, you have a new place to scrape your holiday plates and holiday leftovers.  From the Thanksgiving turkey to the holiday ham, leftovers can join your yard debris in your green roll cart to be turned into nutrient-rich compost to nourish yards and gardens.

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Curbside Composting Made Easy

Most Portland residents can add food scraps, along with yard debris, to their green Portland Composts! roll carts. This means that residents can turn meat, dairy, bones, vegetables and grains into nutrient-rich compost for fertilizing yards and gardens.

As you get used to scraping plates into your kitchen pail and tossing leftovers into your green roll cart, here are a few tips to make the transition easy.

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