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Southampton Town Rolls Out Food Scrap Composting at Recycling Center

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Food scrap compositing bins are in place at the Hampton Bays recycling center and will be added at the North Sea center next week and other Southampton Town facilities later this month. TOM HOUGTON

Food scrap compositing bins are in place at the Hampton Bays recycling center and will be added at the North Sea center next week and other Southampton Town facilities later this month. TOM HOUGTON

Residents can now separate out food scraps for composting at the Southampton Town dump to save themselves money on garbage bags, reduce overall costs to the town for garbage hauling and expand recycling efforts.

Residents can now separate out food scraps for composting at the Southampton Town dump to save themselves money on garbage bags, reduce overall costs to the town for garbage hauling and expand recycling efforts.

authorMichael Wright on Feb 12, 2025
Hampton Bays residents can now separate out food scraps for composting at the Southampton Town dump to save themselves money on garbage bags, reduce overall costs to the town for... more

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