Recycling and composting food scraps just got easier for more communities in Ramsey and Washington counties. No shortage of trash comes through the doors at the Ramsey-Washington Recycling and Energy Center. Now, there’s a new program to limit how much unnecessary waste makes it from here to the landfill.
“It’s a food scrap pick-up program. It’s super easy,” said Trista Martinson, executive director of the Ramsey-Washington Recycling and Energy Center. “All they’re going to do is put their food scraps from the kitchen in these bags, tie it a knot and throw it in their trash can.”
Once those special green bags make it to the facility filled with leftovers, eggshells and anything else compostable, they are separated by robots and sent for special composting.