Celebrating 150 years of The City Beautiful

Food Waste

The City of Orlando offers our residents a way to recycle kitchen food scraps. We encourage you to take advantage of these programs and divert food waste from local landfills, reducing potent greenhouse gas emissions.

Request a Free Composter

Get a free composter to help you reduce waste and create rich soil for your garden to grow healthy plants.

How to Avoid Food Waste

Did you know 40% of all food in America is wasted? The best way to prevent food waste is to buy only what you need, reuse what you have and recycle or compost scraps or expired leftovers.

Composting Guide

Learn about the benefits of composting and the steps to get started.

What Goes Where

Find out what items should be placed in the trash cart, recycling cart or composter.

Recicle su aceite de cocina

Aprenda a reciclar su aceite de cocina y manténgalo fuera de los vertederos.