Organic Waste

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ORGANIC WASTE

Residential organic waste collection is provided to customers that reside within the city limits of Vallejo. Residential customers receive one green yard waste cart.

Organic waste is used in a number of recycling processes, such as composting. Green waste recycling produces rich compost which can be used by local residents and farmers, rather than going to waste in a landfill.

Please contact Recology Vallejo for more information: 707-552-3110

Acceptable Composting Materials

Only place materials accepted for composting in your compost bin!

FOOD SCRAPS (Anything that used to be alive)

Bread, grains and pasta
Coffee grounds with paper filter
Dairy
Eggshells and eggs
Fruit (pits and shells too)
Leftovers and spoiled food
Meat (including bones)
Seafood (including shellfish)
Tea and tea bags
Vegetables

FOOD SOILED PAPER

Coffee filters
Greasy pizza boxes
Paper cups and plates
Paper bags, napkins, tissues and towels
Paper take-out boxes and containers
(metal handle OK)
Tissues

YARD WASTE

Plants
Branches and brush
Flowers and floral trimmings
Grasses and weeds
Leaves
Tree trimmings

OTHER

Cotton balls and cotton swabs
Hair, fur, and feathers (non-synthetic)
Wood – small pieces of lumber or sawdust from clean wood only
(no plywood, pressboard, painted,
stained or treated wood)
Wooden chop sticks

Unacceptable Items:

Aluminum foil or tray
Cat litter or animal feces
Ceramic dishware or glassware
Clothing, linens and rags
Cooking oil
Corks – Natural (Drop in barrels at Whole Foods)
Corks – plastic
Diapers
Dirt, rocks or stone
Flower pots or trays

Foil-backed or plastic-backed paper
Glass, metal or plastic of ANY kind
Juice or soy milk type boxes with foil liner
Liquids or ice
Plastic bags, wrappers or film
Recyclable/clean cardboard or paper
Wood – plywood, pressboard, painted or stained wood
Styrofoam

Vallejo Food Recovery Organizations

Food Pantry Distribution Sites

Antioch Church of God in Christ: Vallejo	21 Antioch Drive	707-644-2277	[email protected]
Bridgeway Cornerstone Church	1505 Georgia St.	707-339-7006	[email protected]
California State University: Maritime Academy	200 Maritime Academy Drive	707-654-1142	[email protected]
Calvary Community Church	585 Mini Drive	707-319-5824	[email protected]
Catholic Charities of Solano	125 Corporate Place Suite A	707-644-8909	[email protected]
Divine Guidance Outreach	55 Springstowne Center #307	510-827-7932	[email protected]
Emmanuel Arms	900 6th Street	707-642-2391	[email protected]
Faith Bible Church of Vallejo	901 Solano Ave.	707-557-7933	[email protected]
Friendship Missionary Baptist	1838 Carolina St.	707-552-6522	[email protected]
Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist	407 Capitol St.	707-557-5884	[email protected]
Living Bread Ministries	2525 Springs Rd.	707-644-4002	Aretta Brown
Rebuilding Together Solano	420 Admiral Callaghan Lane	707-580-9360	[email protected]
Salvation Army: Vallejo Pantry	630 Tuolumne Street	707-439-7980	[email protected]
Second Baptist Church Vallejo	1170 Benicia Rd.	707-333-7970	[email protected]
Saint Basil Saint Vincent de Paul Conference	1225 Tuolumne St.	707-644-0376	[email protected]
Saint Dominic’s Saint Vincent de Paul	475 East I Street	707-746-0169	[email protected]
Union Baptist Church	128 Encerti Ave.	707-246-8448	[email protected]
Vallejo Seventh-day Adventist	1130 Alabama St.	510-672-1934	[email protected]
Vallejo Girls Youth Empowerment	1624 Fairgrounds Dr.	707-310-0595	[email protected]

Free Community Meals

Amador Street Hope Center	929 Amador Street	925-260-2228	[email protected]
Epiphany Church Joint Churches for Community Meals	300 West Street	707-330-1493	[email protected]
First Baptist of Fairfield	1121 Clay St	707-428-0652	[email protected]
First Baptist of Vallejo	2025 Sonoma Blvd.	707-644-4064	[email protected]
First United Methodist Church	502 Virginia St.	707-643-0064	[email protected]
Saint Mary’s Parish Soup Kitchen	350 Stinson Ave.	530-219-5287	[email protected]
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church – Feed the Hungry	120 E. J. St.	707-745-0307	[email protected]

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