Community Compost Map

Refer to the map below to see where you can drop off your food scraps. Click on each location or scroll down to the schedule to learn when each of our partners collect food scraps and what else they may be able to collect.

If you know of any Food Scrap Drop-Off locations that can be added to our map, please email compostneworleanswaste@gmail.com with the name, address, and time of collection. Thank you!

 

2025 Collection Schedule

The below schedule is updated as of April 2025. We hope you find these convenient, as there are typically multiple options every day, on both sides of the river. Our Facebook Page is the very best way to stay up-to-date (pinned post, upcoming events, daily posts or any last minute schedule changes we are notified about) and get more details for each site, as it can vary slightly. We also try to keep our Instagram updated as much as possible BUT ultimately we rely on our partners to let us know of any changes so we strongly encourage you to visit their social media pages to check for any last-minute cancellations or closures due to weather events or otherwise. Reminder, Schmelly’s Dirt Farm is open daily, 6am until sunset.

  • Sugar Roots Farm 9:00AM - 3:30PM at 10701 Willow Drive

    Schmelly's Dirt Farm sunrise - sunset at 8301 Olive St

  • Sprout NOLA
    3:30-5:00PM
    Conti & Dorgenois, behind 300 N Broad St

  • Recirculating Farms
    9:00AM - 5:00pm
    1924 Jackson Avenue

  • Sprout NOLA
    10:00-12:00PM
    Bienville & Dorgenois, behind 300 N Broad St

  • Sprout NOLA
    3:30-5:00PM
    Conti & Dorgenois, behind 300 N Broad St

    Audubon Park Golf Course Pro Shop
    4:00 - 5:30PM
    6500 Magazine St *note the new date and slight location change

  • Recirculating Farms
    9:00AM - 12:00pm
    1924 Jackson Avenue

    Sankofa Community Garden
    9:00AM-11:00AM
    27 St Claude Ct

    **Please bring scraps to their compost bins in back.

  • Recirculating Farms
    9:00AM - 12:00pm
    1924 Jackson Avenue

    Crown Community Garden
    9:00AM - 5:30PM
    19 Marywood Court- New Orleans East

    Barcelo Garden
    10:00AM - 1:00PM
    2302 Gallier Street

  • RealCycleTent at the Crescent City Farmers’ Market in the City Putt Parking Lot. Accepting food scraps and aluminum. 8:00am - 12:00pm Dreyfous Drive and Anseman Ave.

    Galvez Garden Accepting aluminum cans and food scraps 10:00AM - 2:00PM 2317 N Galvez Street

Please DO NOT drop off your compost outside of the days and hours specified above or if the bins are not there. Doing so jeopardizes our partnerships with these farms, businesses, and public spaces which allow us to host our free collections. Leaving food waste unattended will result in shutting down the location.

Thank you!

What to Bring to a Drop-Off

Drop off sites can accept fruit and vegetable scraps (peels, pits, seeds), eggshells, nut shells, seed shells, tea bags, coffee grounds, filters, plain grains, plain pasta or plain bread in a paper or compostable bag or bring scraps in a reusable container. 

You freeze your food scraps throughout the week and bring them in a reusable container or compostable bag to our drop off locations.

NO MEAT, NO DAIRY, NO OILY FOODS, NO BONES.

Why frozen? Our agreement with the local farms, businesses, and public spaces that we partner with is that scraps must be frozen to avoid potential smells, roaches, and rodents. We never want to invite unwanted guests to these spaces!Also, freezing your scraps means no smell, fruit flies, roaches or rodents for you at home. PLUS freezing breaks down the cell membrane, speeding up the decomposition process meaning an easier job for the farms we donate scraps to. It’s a win-win-win for everyone!

It’s as easy as “Freeze it, bring it, dump it, go!”