How does it work?
Receive a bucket
We'll supply a (post consumer) bucket and swap it for a clean one each week
Collect your food scraps
Collect your food scraps over the week. For a list of what goes in, check out our FAQ.
We'll pick them up
We use carbon neutral transport to make the scraps collections worthwhile (carbon accounting)
We do the composting
Scraps are taken to our super efficient and well maintained composting hubs.
Compost for the community
The compost is donated back to community gardens, schools and contributing members
Latest news
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Not in our collection zone? Anyone in Canberra can pledge with us. When we reach 50 pledges in an area then we can staff a new scraps pick-up route.
You can also attend our regular drop-off points. See details below and stop by to ask us about Capital Scraps or to drop off your kitchen scraps. -
We are currently running two regular drop-off points
- Watson, Wednesday from 7:30-8:30 am
- O'Connor**, Thursday from 8-10 am
Drops-offs incur a $3.50 service fee unless you have already subscribed to our composting service.
Locations:
Watson, YWAM community garden, Zelling st.
O'Connor**, SEE-Change birdscaping reveg site, David st.
**Our Thursday morning drop-off spot is moving! Our new drop-off spot will be in Braddon from Apr 8 and available from 8-9:15 am each Thursday from there on. Or you can find us at our Lyneham composter from 10-10:30 am each Thursday morning.
