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Your weekly food scraps, handled responsibly.
Torus offers free curbside composting for eligible households in Princeton, Mercer County. Use the address check to confirm that an active route reaches your home. Turn everyday food scraps into environmental impact with no service fee. A $10 refundable bucket deposit applies.
Composting in Princeton
Princeton already gives residents several ways to keep organics out of the trash. Torus adds a curbside option for households that prefer to collect scraps at home instead of carrying them to a public site.
The municipality operates a free residential food-scrap drop-off program at multiple locations. Its official guidance says those scraps are sent to Trenton Renewables, the same regional organics processor that makes Central Jersey food-waste diversion possible at scale.
Choose the system that fits your routine: Princeton’s drop-off program for self-hauling, or Torus pickup for a bucket collected from your home. Before signing up, use the address form to confirm that your street is on an active Torus route.
How it works in Princeton
Enter your full address for Princeton, Mercer County, NJ. Torus will match it to an active route instead of relying only on the mailing-place name.
Compare the Torus accepted-items guide with Princeton Food Scrap Drop-Off Program. Municipal recycling, yard material, and household food scraps follow different rules.
After a Princeton pickup is confirmed, Torus provides the bucket and placement instructions for that route. The service has no fee; the bucket deposit is refundable.
Ready when you are
Join your neighbors keeping food waste out of landfills. It’s free, and it takes about a minute to sign up. Have a question first? Read our FAQ.