Food Scraps Pickup Program now in Shoreview

Published on July 10, 2026

A small cutting board sits on a white counter. On top of the cutting board sits, a variety of vegetables, a small organics bin, and food scrap bags

Ramsey and Washington counties are working together to bring residents a new way to recycle food scraps from home – the Food Scraps Pickup Program. Now, we are happy to announce, this program is available to Shoreview residents!

Food scraps such as fruit and vegetable peels, eggshells, and coffee grounds make up twenty percent of trash. Recycling food scraps helps turn them into soil rather than waste.

Here's how it works:

  1. Order your free supply of food scrap bags
  2. Collect your food scraps in the bags.
  3. At least once a week, tie a knot at the top to close the bag Place your food scrap bag inside your trash for collection
  4. Done! The food scraps will be composted

Visit foodscrapspickup.com to get started and for more information such as:

  • How to collect food scraps
  • Accepted and not accepted items
  • How food scrap bags are sorted from trash
  • Other FAQs
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