Source-Separated Organic Waste

The five San Luis Obispo area Waste Connections subsidiaries and the communities they serve have agreed to provide the feedstock for the SLO organic waste recycling system, created via a partnership with Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI). The HZI Kompogas system came online in 2018, the first of its kind in North America.

This anerobic digestion system can process up to 1,000 tons of green and bio waste every day here in SLO county! Learn more about the Kompogas system here.

Did you know, around 40% of the U.S. food supply is wasted? If you can't divert your extra food another way, such as donation or animal feed, why not turn it into compost and carbon-neutral energy?! 

What can be recycled in your green organics bin? 

Green Waste

• Yard waste (prunings and cuttings, flowers, grass clippings, foliage, small branches, leaves)
• Untreated wood, sawdust and wood chips
• Real christmas trees (cut into 4-foot lengths or shorter)
• Sod (with as much dirt removed as possible)

Food Waste

• Food scraps
• Dairy and Egg Waste (including shells)
• Coffee grounds and tea leaves
• Meat (including bones)
• Fish and shellfish (including bones)