You’d be surprised at the dirt-y (get it?) laundry list of items the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility accepts from residents! If you’re always stumped (how about that one) on what we take, check out this growing (last one, we promise) list of items we accept. Of course we can’t take it all, so check out […]

Pumpkin Recycling Program Returns After the trick-or-treaters have gone home and all of the pumpkin seeds have been roasted, what becomes of all those jack-o’-lanterns? Many people throw them out. In fact, over a billion pounds of pumpkin gets tossed into America’s landfills each year. When left to decompose in a landfill, pumpkins (and other […]

The SMSC Organics Recycling Facility is one of only two sites in the Twin Cities metro area that compost food waste on a large scale. The other site is owned by Specialized Environmental Technologies. Both facilities take in tons of waste every year from grocery stores, restaurants, businesses, and homes. However, COVID-19 has created new […]

All too often, material that is compostable—able to be broken down and returned to the earth safely—ends up in a landfill where it can actually be harmful. Organic material that ends up buried in a landfill undergoes the process of anaerobic decomposition, eventually generating and emitting methane into the air. Yikes! That said, it is […]