Compost:

Subscribe with Bainbridge Disposal for bi-weekly pick-up.

Take to the Bainbridge Disposal Transfer Station or Tilz.

Accepted by Bainbridge Disposal:

  • Food waste (any type)
  • Grass
  • Leaves
  • Weeds — Note section below on invasive weeds-some need to go in the trash instead of compost
  • Prunings
  • Branches under 4′ long and 4″ diameter
  • Wood (goes in separate dumpster) – no painted, stained or pressure-treated; small nails okay

Accepted by Tilz: 

  • Stumps
  • Branches – any size
  • Grass
  • Leaves
  • Weeds  — Note section below on invasive weeds-some need to go in the trash instead of compost
  • Prunings
  • Wood – no painted, stained or pressure-treated; small nails okay

Not accepted by Tilz: Food waste

NOT accepted by either place:

  • Sod
  • Dirt
  • Gravel
  • Landscape fabric or plastic
  • Manure

Invasive species to put in trash

  • Tansy ragwort – too poisonous to compost and/or dangerous to compost
  • Poison hemlock – too poisonous to compost and/or dangerous to compost
  • Japanese knotweed – able to easily spread via root or stem fragment and can completely contaminate any compost it is put in
  • Morning glory/bindweed – able to easily spread via root or stem fragment and can completely contaminate any compost they are put in
  • Lamium – able to easily spread via root or stem fragment and can completely contaminate any compost it is put in
  • Vinca – able to easily spread via root or stem fragment and can completely contaminate any compost it is put in
  • Scotch broom with seeds – highly resistant to composting and heat killing (Scotch broom without seeds can be composted.)

Invasives species that can be composted

  • Ivy
  • Holly
  • Blackberry
  • Laurel

Last updated 2/12/2025