Organic materials like yard debris and food scraps may be placed into curbside green bins for your hauling company to pick up. Organic materials may also be self-hauled and dropped off at the locations listed below, where they will then be transported to composting facilities and turned into compost and mulch.
| ACCEPTED FOR COMPOSTING: | NOT ACCEPTED FOR COMPOSTING: |
|---|---|
| Eggshells | Animal/pet waste |
| Fruit scraps and peelings | Bamboo |
| Grass clippings, leaves, and weeds | BBQ ashes (wood fireplace ashes okay) |
| Landscape prunings | Cactus |
| Meat, bones, dairy, and seafood * | Cooking oil and liquid waste |
| Pasta, grains, and bread | Dirt, rocks, or sod |
| Paper plates, bowls, and napkins (no plastic or compostable plastic) | Glass |
| Tea bags (paper sachets only), coffee grounds, and paper filters | Manure (from chickens, cows, horses, etc.) |
| Tree trunks, branches, and twigs | Palm fronds |
| Vegetable scraps and peelings | Pampas grass |
| Wood ashes (cold) | Plastic (petroleum-based, biodegradable, or compostable) |
| Poison oak | |
| Sudden Oak Death infested material | |
| Sod | |
| Tree Stumps ** |
* Not all sites listed below accept meat, bones, dairy, and seafood. Please call to ask.
** Tree stumps are not accepted curbside. Tree stumps under 18 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet in length can be dropped off at the Annapolis, Guerneville, Healdsburg, and Sonoma Transfer Stations.
Related topics:
See Bulky Item Pickup for free removal of excess yard debris/organics (bagged and bundled) from residential hauling company customers
See Curbside Services: Compost Cart
See County Refuse Disposal Sites
See Debris box for construction and demolition debris
See Oil and cooking grease
See Home Composting
See Wood recycling
Reuse organization
Annapolis Transfer Station (Disposal and Recycling)
33549 Annapolis Rd.
Annapolis, CA 94952
NotesDrop-off and fee: yard debris and food scraps.
For current rates, see Fee Schedule
Grab N' Grow Soil Products
2759 Llano Rd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
NotesDrop-off and fee: yard debris, agricultural debris, vegetative cuttings, shrubs, brushes, grasses, tree trimmings, prunings, and untreated forest debris
Guerneville Transfer Station (Disposal and Recycling)
13450 Pocket Canyon Dr./Hwy. 116
Guerneville, CA 95446
NotesDrop-off and fee: yard debris and food scraps.
For current rates, see Fee Schedule
Healdsburg Transfer Station (Disposal and Recycling)
166 Alexander Valley Rd
Healdsburg, CA 95448
NotesDrop-off and fee: yard debris and food scraps.
For current rates, see Fee Schedule
Republic Services/Global Materials Recovery Services
3899 Santa Rosa Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
NotesDrop-off and fee: wood, pallets and yard debris.
Republic Services/Industrial Carting
3911 Santa Rosa Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
NotesPickup and fee: yard debris, pallets and wood.
Sonoma Garbage Collectors
Sonoma, CA
NotesAll for compost.
Sonoma Transfer Station (Disposal and Recycling)
4376 Stage Gulch Rd.
Sonoma, CA 94956
NotesDrop-off and fee: yard debris and food scraps.
For current rates, see Fee Schedule
Windsor Material Recovery Facility (C&D)
590 Caletti Ave
Windsor, CA 95492
NotesDrop-off, pickup and fee: wood and yard debris.
