Food Scraps
Berwyn Heights collects food scraps once a week on the same day as Yard Waste, Mondays (north of Pontiac Street) or Tuesdays (south of Pontiac Street).
Please place food scraps in one of the following containers:
- Compostable green bag (not plastic- must be compostable)
- If dry and it can be done in a sanitary non-leaking manner, they can go in a brown paper yard waste bag (can be mixed with yard waste)
- 5-gallon bucket or 12-gallon can
Food scraps that can be accepted by the Compost Facility:
- All food items, such as vegetables, breads and starches, meat and bones
- Compostable or biodegradable bags
- Can be combined with yard waste
- Grease is not acceptable
Interested in getting a Town compost bin? Reach out to Town Hall at Contact [at] BerwynHeightsMD.gov (Contact[at]BerwynHeightsMD[dot]gov) or call 301-474-5000. Public Works crews will not handle loose food scraps left in an unsanitary state, so please place food scraps in one of the above manners in a way that will not require workers to touch the food scraps. Leaking bags with holes, etc, will be responsibility of residents to correct before they will be picked up.