County launches outreach campaign to encourage residents to include the food in their yard waste cart.





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County launches outreach campaign to encourage residents to keep their food waste out of the landfill.






Kitsap Includes the Food

*Date: February 5, 2025*

County launches "Include the Food" giveaways to keep food out of landfills

Kitsap County is giving away compost toolkits to encourage residents to “Include the Food” in their existing yard waste carts. The compost toolkits help residents store and carry food scraps from their kitchen to their collection cart.  

What's included in the toolkit?

Compost toolkit [ [link removed] ]

Each toolkit includes:


* Countertop bin with handle and lid
* Curbside Composting Guide
* BPI-certified bag liners
* Food Storage Guide

The Curbside Composting Guide and Food Storage Guide are also available for download on the Composting in Kitsap webpage [ [link removed] ].

Pledge to “Include the Food” and claim your free compost toolkit today, while supplies last. 



*Pledge to "Include the Food"* [ [link removed] ]


Curbside composting guidelines

All food and yard waste are accepted in yard waste carts. Residents are encouraged to add items such as eggs and eggshells, coffee grounds, bones, cheese, fruit and vegetable scraps, meat, leftovers, and more. Please help reduce contamination by following the Curbside Composting Guidelines. [ [link removed] ] 

*Join the movement*

Communities across Washington are moving toward placing all organic waste in yard waste carts to divert this material from the landfill and help meet statewide greenhouse gas reduction goals. Learn more about these goals on the Washington State Department of Ecology's Organic Management Laws webpage [ [link removed] ]. 

Interested in curbside composting? All homes in north and south Kitsap are eligible for service. Most homes in central Kitsap are also eligible. Visit our service lookup map [ [link removed] ] to check if curbside composting service is available in your area.

Service providers [ [link removed] ] collect organic materials from your home for composting on the Kitsap Peninsula. Most collected organic materials are composted at North Mason Fibers [ [link removed] ] in Belfair. Some organic materials from north Kitsap households are composted at DTG’s Olympic Organics [ [link removed] ] in Hansville.

*Keeping food waste out of the landfill helps the climate*

In Washington, 1.2 million tons of food are sent to landfills each year. When food rots in landfills, it produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Food waste is responsible for 58% of methane emitted from landfills, equal to the yearly emissions of 15 coal-fired power plants (EPA and USDA, 2024 [ [link removed] ])!

Nearly a quarter of Washington's waste could be diverted from landfills and turned into compost. Compost protects the planet by decreasing methane emissions from landfills, building healthier soil that absorb carbon and conserve water, and improving plant growth. Compost is a climate champion, and you can be one too! 

Resources to learn more 

* Composting in Kitsap webpage [ [link removed] ] (Kitsap County)
* Curbside Composting Guide [ [link removed] ] (Kitsap County)
* Food Waste and Methane: What's the Connection? Fact Sheet [ [link removed] ] (EPA and USDA)
* Quantifying Methane Emissions from Landfilled Food Waste [ [link removed] ] (EPA)
* Composting At Home webpage [ [link removed] ] (EPA)





Contact Information

Kitsap County Public Works Solid Waste Division, 360.337.5777 or [email protected]

Kimberly Pleger, Public Works Communications Manager, 360.337.5777, 360.277.6032 or [email protected]

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Other Contacts





*Public Communications
**Manager
*Krista Carlson <[email protected]>
360.337.4558




*Commissioners'
Office
*Rebecca Pirtle <[email protected]>
360.337.4650




*Sheriff's Office
Public Information Officer
*Kevin McCarty <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
360.271.0728






*Kitsap Electronic Notification System*

Questions? Contact Kitsap1 at 360.337.5777 or [email protected]







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