Green Cart Brown Cart

Compost, Food, Tips

Here in Napa, you may have seen new GREEN COMPOST CARTS alongside the brown ones.   To align with a statewide requirement to standardize the colors of carts across California, we’ve started the process of making the switch from brown to green for compost (the...

What Goes in the Compost?

Compost, How-to, Tips

Remember to search the Napa Recycling Guide to find out what goes in the compost cart/bin! Want to print out helpful recycling/compost/landfill signs for your home, business, or organization? Visit this page.

🌱 Composting Made Easy: What you can and cannot compost 🌍

Compost, How-to, Tips

Proper composting is key to reducing waste and helping the environment. Here’s a quick guide to what’s accepted in compost carts and what should be avoided. Let’s work together to compost all food scraps, soiled paper and yard trimmings! ✅ What’s Accepted in Compost...

Composting – Include the Food

Compost, Food, New Policies & Laws, Tips

There is more to compost than yard trimmings. Composting all your food scraps and soiled paper is now mandatory per state law SB 1383 – but it’s as easy as 1, 2, 3. Need a free compost pail for daily collection of kitchen scraps?  Contact us at (707)...

Cool Your Coals!

Compost, How-to, Landfill, Tips

Do not put hot coals or ashes in your carts! Hot ashes or coals can cause severe burns and fire damage to properties. Follow these safety measures when disposing of them: Use metal cans no more than 30 gallons in size with tight-fitting metal lids. Fill cans with hot...

Annual Christmas Tree Pick-Up and Recycling Day

Community, Compost, Events, Holidays

The 51st annual Scouting America Christmas Tree Pick-Up and Recycling Day comes to Napa on Saturday, January 10th, 2026. Your local Scouting America Troops request the following: Please have your tree on the curb by 9:00am on Saturday morning. Please DO NOT set out...