Excluded Organic Materials Guideline
Updated February 22, 2023
Excluded organic materials are materials that are organic, or which are often perceived as organic, but cannot be disposed of in an organics (food scraps) cart or organics (food scraps) bin.
Excluded organic materials include:
- Biodegradable and compostable plastic items, except those used as liners in organics (food scraps) pails, carts and bins
- Branches greater than 2.5 centimetres in diameter
- Cat litter and feces
- Leather products
- Noxious and prohibited weeds
- Paper plates, cups and take-out containers
- Sod and soil
- Textiles
- Tree roots, stumps and trunks
- Wax products (including natural waxes, such as beeswax and carnauba wax)