Beginning in July 2023, Zero Waste Warren County, ZWWC, started collecting food scraps from area residents at the Glens Falls Farmers Market. Our goal is to have a weekly presence at the farmers market through the end of October 2023. Several produce vendors at the Glens Falls Farmers Market have agreed to take the buckets of food scraps we collect back to their farms to be composted.

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We accept food scraps and food waste with several exceptions:

• No meat, fish, bones, or dairy.

• No liquids, oil or cooking grease.

• Food scraps and food waste must be free of

  • paper

  • plastic

  • cardboard

  • metal

  • glass

  • twist ties, rubber bands, and stickers.

Bring your food scraps for composting in a lidded container and take the container home with you.  A Zero Waste volunteer will inspect the food scraps for contaminants before accepting it.

 

Food waste and yard waste make up more than 25% of our garbage. In landfills these organic wastes generate methane, which is very potent greenhouse gas. When food waste and yard waste are composted, they create a healthy nutrient rich soil. 

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If you are interested in helping with this effort, you can sign up to take a 2 hour slot at the GF Farmers Market once a month. The GF farmers market is on Saturdays and slots are 8-10 A.M. and 10 A.M until Noon.  We also need help setting up the canopy and taking it down. While at the food scraps collection table, volunteers will inspect food waste brought by farmers market customers. This will involved dumping their food scraps in a clean bucket and making sure there is no plastic, metal, glass, paper, twist ties, etc. If there is, they will be asked to take it home. There will always be 2 volunteers at a time.