Eastern Market in DC: Food Waste Drop-off Event (Sat 9a-1p) + Batteries

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Bring food scraps to the Eastern Market drop-off site for composting, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Got food scraps to compost? Let DC DPW do the work for you! Bring them to Eastern Market, 635 North Carolina Ave SE, Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Update on Battery Drop-off : In addition to food waste and food-soiled paper, this Zero Waste Drop-off event will accept single-use (primary) and rechargeable household batteries under 11 lbs from August through December 2026. Batteries and food waste should be kept separate for drop-off. When visitors arrive at the Zero Waste DC tent at Eastern Market, they will find a battery drop-off box sitting at the table. There are a total of eight (8) food waste drop-off events citywide that will offer battery drop-off boxes (one location in each ward). DC residents are encouraged to bring their old small-format batteries to one of these convenient publicly available locations for safe disposal, along with their food waste and food-soiled paper for composting. See zerowaste.dc.gov/foodwastedropoff for the other seven battery drop-off locations offered at farmers markets. ------------------------- Food Waste Drop-off Event near Eastern Market in DC Got food scraps? Don’t toss ‘em! Bring them to one of DC DPW's in-person Food Waste Drop-off Events near the historic Eastern Market on Capitol Hill! The best part? The events happen every Saturday, rain or shine, from 9am to 1pm at 635 North Carolina Ave SE, Washington, DC. Just look for the big blue tent with "Zero Waste DC" on top, in front of the Rumsey Aquatic Center.

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