1. Organics Recycling Program
Food to Flowers
Organics Recycling Program

2. Our Food
How do we close the loop?

3. What happens to wasted food?
If you throw food in the trash in Thurston County, it travels to the Roosevelt Landfill, which is over 240 miles away!

4. Reducing trash by collecting organics for composting

5. Where does food & paper go after the sort line?
Silver Springs Organics which is located in Thurston County.

6. The Sort Line a new way of handling your trash
SILVERWARE
TRASH
3. FOOD & PAPER
including milk cartons
4. RECYCLABLES

7. Garbage

8. Food and Paper

9. Recyclabes

10. Silverware

11. Sort at your tables

12. Sort at your tables

13. Don’t Waste Food

14. Don’t rush it!

15. Pack a “Waste-Free” Lunch
Durable Forks, Spoons and Knifes
Cloth Napkins
Refillable Drink Containers
Reusable Food Containers
Buy in Bulk
Take Only What You Will Eat
Compost and Recycle

16. You make the difference! Volunteer to be a sort-line helper

17. Measuring How You’re Doing

18. Thank You!