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Poinsettias and holiday plants

How to compost poinsettias and holiday plants

Poinsettias

Examples of holiday plants

  • Poinsettias
  • Amaryllis plants
  • Holiday plants
  • Soil

  • Put into your green cart

Put plants into your green cart for composting.

  • Separate plastic and foil wrappers into your black cart as garbage.
  • Put empty and clean plastic pots into your blue cart for recycling.

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