As Austin moves toward zero-waste, the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) has been set to establish a time frame in which food-service enterprises will be required to compost. The timelines is as follows:
Permitted Area (Sq. Ft.) – Organics Diversion Requirements
15,000 // Oct. 1, 2016
5,000 // Oct. 1, 2017
All properties // Oct. 1, 2018
Break it Down provides a simple and effective service for compost!
All food waste can be placed in the containers provided, including meat, bones, dairy products, breads, grains, pastas, vegetable and fruit scraps, soiled paper of any kind, and compostable serviceware.
At each pick-up, the full bins are removed and cleaned, and empty bins are swapped in, eliminating the potential for odor or nuisance conditions.
Don’t forget to ask about our recycling services too — because we are a one stop shop, we save time and fuel picking up your recycling and composting, and that savings is returned to our clients in the form of lower rates than our competitors.

 

The Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) supports Austin’s Zero Waste goal by requiring affected property owners to ensure that tenants and employees have access to convenient recycling. By Oct. 1, 2017, all properties will be required to provide recycling services to their tenants and employees. Break it Down can help you get compliant in under a week!

Break it Down provides a simple and effective service for recycling!  We take glass, cardboard, plastics, metal and paper, and unlike other haulers, plastic films, packing peanuts and aseptic containers, as well as over-sized and bulky items where reuse or recycling is possible. 

 

Break it Down can service multi-family properties such as apartments and condos, but we do not service single-family homes or individual tenants. Please contact us below to inquire about apartment composting! If you live in a home and are looking to compost, we’ve compiled some resources for you!

• The City of Austin’s residential curbside composting program is set to expand to all Austin households by the end of 2020, though delays due to COVID-19 are expected. This excludes Sunset Valley. 
• Vegetative/fruit compost may be dropped off for free at the Mueller Farmers Market on Sundays (check website for availability during pandemic)
• Household compost including paper towels and meat may be dropped off for free at the Lakeline Farmers Market on Saturdays (check website for availability during pandemic)
• Household compost may be dropped off at Organics by Gosh on FM 969.