Mt. Pleasant Farm Market: Food Waste Drop-off Event (Sat 9a-1p) + Batteries

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A Saturday-morning drop-off for food scraps and batteries at the Mt. Pleasant location.

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Got food scraps to compost? Let DC DPW do the work for you! Bring them to Mt. Farmers Market: 3200 Mt Pleasant Street NW, Saturdays, 9a-1p. 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 Mount Pleasant Farmers 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 at Mount Pleasant Farmers Market in DC Got food scraps? Don’t toss ‘em! Bring them to DC DPW's newest in-person Food Waste Drop-off Event at the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market ! The best part? The event happens every Saturday, rain or shine, from 9am to 1pm at 3200 Mount Pleasant St NW. When you arrive, look for the big blue tent that says "Zero Waste DC" on top.

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