The IWMA provides free kitchen food scrap pails to SLO County residents! To recieve yours, stop by our office from 8-5 M-F, or call your solid waste hauler to have one dropped off at your door. 

All food scraps can go in your pail! This includes meat, cheese, grains, fruits, vegetables, expired food, and more. Questions about using your pail? Search for items in our recycling guide or give us a call.

Please don't put any marketed 'compostable' bags in your green bin.  They breakdown much slower than organic material, and can jam up equipment at our local composting operations. Curious about where your organics end up in San Luis Obispo County? Explore the Kompogas anerobic digestion facility, the first of its kind in the US. The IWMA's compost pails are dishwasher safe and shouldn't need a lining: you can place food scraps directly into the pail, and then dump directly into your curbside green bin when it gets full. If you do want to line your pail, try using a piece of newspaper, brown paper bag or a paper towel.

To pick yours up, the SLO County IWMA office is located at 870 Osos Street, San Luis Obispo CA 93401 and we are open Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm. Please call ahead before coming in to pick one up!

*If you are not able to stop by our office during the week, please give us a call to make arrangements!