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Residential recycling and disposal search tool

Microwave popcorn bags

How to dispose of microwave popcorn bag

Popcorn bags

  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put empty and clean microwave popcorn bags:

  • Into your blue cart for recycling
  • Take to a community recycling depot

Special instructions

  • Empty out leftover popcorn and kernels into your green cart for composting.  
  • If butter/food residue cannot be removed, put bag in the garbage.

Why can't this be composted?

Microwave popcorn bags are coated with a material that doesn't break down during the composting process and will contaminate the finished compost.

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