How to compost in
Buenos Aires
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- Public organic drop-off points throughout the city, staffed during certain hours
Buenos Aires Ciudad has no residential food scrap pick-up service as part of its regular waste collection services.
The city runs a public drop-off programme for various waste streams called Puntos Verdes. Organic waste is one of these waste streams, collected in the Compostera Comunitaria bins adjacent to the Punto Verde shipping containers.
![A photograph of a Punto Verde shipping container and Compostera Comunitaria compost bins in Buenos Aires.](https://res.cloudinary.com/brownpages/image/upload/q_auto,f_auto,w_680/buenos-aires/punto-verde.jpg)
Compostera Comunitaria bins are only accessible during staffed hours, and these hours differ to the Punto Verde (shipping container) staffed hours. The staffed hours for Compostera Comunitaria are typically:
- Tuesday to Friday from 2 pm to 7 pm
- Saturdays from 10 am to 6pm
These hours differ between comunas. You should cross-reference the hours advertised on the above Puntos Verdes link for your comuna with the Buenos Aires Ciudad Residuos Orgánicos page and related social media updates.
A search for “Punto Verde” on Google Maps is a great starting place if you are new to the city and unsure of your local comuna.