Compost (Food & Yard Waste) Options in Thurston County

What do chicken bones, cheese, eggshells, paper coffee cups and yard trimmings have in common? All of these materials can be composted together instead of put in the trash. Composting is easy in Thurston County -- you can either sign up for a collection service to haul away materials for composting, or make compost in your own back yard. Whichever approach you use, the materials will return to the earth in the form of compost or mulch instead of going to the landfill.

Composting is not just for homeowners. Restaurants, florists, coffee shops and schools are also recycling their food and organic materials and saving thousands of dollars in disposal costs.

Click on the appropriate link below to learn more about food and yard waste collection services and acceptable materials.

Please note: Thurston County Solid Waste does not own or operate compost/garbage/recycling hauling trucks. All service is provided by a private hauling company (except properties within the City of Olympia, which are served by the City of Olympia Public Works Department). To contact your hauler, click here.

 

 

 

Contact Us

Thurston County does not own or operate compost collection trucks. Please contact your hauler for information about pickup schedules and rates, or to sign up for curbside service.

For technical assistance -- such as information about which materials go in the compost cart -- call Emily Orme at (360) 867-2086 or e-mail ormee@co.thurston.wa.us.