Uptown Farmers Market: Food Waste Drop-off Event (Sat 9am-1pm) + Batteries

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Drop off food scraps and batteries at the Uptown Farmers Market in Washington, DC.

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Got food scraps to compost? Let DC DPW do the work for you! Bring them to Uptown Farmers Market: 14th & Kennedy Sts NW, 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 Uptown 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 Uptown Farmers 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 at the Uptown Farmers Market ! The best part? The events happen every Saturday, rain or shine, from 9am to 1pm at the intersection of 14th Street NW & Kennedy Street NW in Washington, DC. Just look for the big blue tent that says "Zero Waste DC" on top.

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