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Where to Buy Compostable Bags

Approved compostable bags are made of plant-based materials – not plastic. Most of these bags are a shade of green to distinguish them from other plastic bags. Only the following brands can be put into the residential food and yard waste collection cart:



  • BioBag
  • EcoSafe
  • EcoGuard
  • Bag-to-Nature
  • Nature-Friendly
  • BioSak
  • AL-Pack
The Seattle retail stores below sell these approved compostable bags for collecting food waste in your kitchen. Bags also can be ordered online. You may also use regular paper sacks or newspaper to contain your scraps and line your container. For more resources you can download coupons (PDF) for discounts on compost kitchen kits and other supplies.

Alki Lumber & Hardware
4422 36th Ave SW, (206) 932-7700


Bag-to-Nature

ACE Hardware
9000 Roosevelt Way NE, (206) 522-3324


BioBag

Ballard Market
1400 NW 56th St, (206) 783-7922


EcoSafe, BioBag

Bangalla.com

EcoSafe

Bernie and Boys
11225 1st Avenue S, (206) 248-1916


EcoSafe

Bert's Red Apple
1801 41st Avenue E, (206) 322-1330


BioBag, EcoSafe

Boulevard Park Thriftway
12000 Des Moines Way S, (206) 246-5697


EcoSafe

Cedar Grove Composting
(206) 832-3000


EcoSafe

City Hardware
901 Harrison St, (206) 262-9440


Bag-to-Nature

City Market
1722 Bellevue Ave, (206) 323-1715


EcoSafe

Drugstore.com

EcoSafe

Fred Meyer
915 NW 45th Street, (206) 297-4300
13000 Lake City Way NE, (206) 440-2400


BioSak, EcoSafe
(home & garden dept.)


Goods For the Planet
525 Dexter Avenue N, (206) 652-2327


BioBag

Greenwood Market
8500 3rd Ave NW, (206) 782-1610


EcoSafe

Greenwood True Value Hardware
7201 Greenwood Avenue North, (206) 783-2900


BioBag

Home Builders Center
1110 W Nickerson St, (206) 283-6060


Bag-to-Nature

Houghton Market
3830 34th Avenue W (206) 283-2710


EcoSafe

HT Oaktree Market
10008 Aurora Ave N., (206) 527-5333


EcoSafe

Leschi Food Mart
103 Lakeside Ave, (206) 322-0700


EcoSafe

Madison Market
1600 E Madison Street, (206) 329-1545


BioBag

Magnolia ACE Hardware
2420 32nd Ave SW, (206) 282-1916


Bag-to-Nature

Magnolia Thriftway
3830 34th Avenue W, (206) 283-2710


BioBag, EcoSafe

Maple Leaf Hardware
9000 Roosevelt Way NE, (206) 522-3324


BioBag, Bag-to-Nature

McClendon Hardware
10210 16th Ave. SW, (206) 762-4090


EcoSafe

Metropolitan Market
1908 Queen Anne Ave North, (206) 284-2530
2320 42nd Avenue SW, (206) 937-0551
5250 40th Avenue NE, (206) 938-6600
100 Mercer Street, (206) 213-0778


BioBag

M Street Grocery
801 Madison St, (206) 254-0805


EcoSafe

PCC Natural Market
600 N 34th Street, (206) 632-6811
7504 Aurora Avenue N, (206) 525-3586
6514 40th Avenue NE, (206) 526-7661
2749 California Avenue SW, (206) 937-8481
5041 Wilson Avenue S, (206) 723-2720


BioBag

QFC
416 15th Avenue E, (206) 322-5020
1801 N 45th Street, (206) 632-9253
2237 NW 58th Street, (206) 784-1400
6600 Roosevelt Way NE, (206) 525-5731
8400 35th Avenue NE, (206) 523-5847
8532 15th Avenue NW, (206) 783-0770
9999 Holman Road NW, (206) 783-8888
1600 West Dravus, (206) 283-3600
1401 Broadway Avenue, (206) 860-3818
3020 NE 127th Street, (206) 362-0600
11100 Roosevelt Way NE, (206) 361-4849
2500 SW Barton, (206) 935-0585
2707 Rainier Avenue S, (206) 725-2418
17847 1st Avenue S, (206) 243-9340
1531 NE 145th Street, (206) 363-5717


BioBag

Red Apple Promenade
2301 S Jackson St, (206) 328-1505


EcoSafe

Red Apple Hilltop
2701 Beacon Ave S, 206-323-1325


EcoSafe

Red Apple Dominic's
9627 Des Moines Memorial Dr, (206) 762-2535


EcoSafe

Saar's Marketplace
9000 Rainier Ave S, (206) 725-0300


EcoSafe

Safeway
8704 Greenwood Ave., (206) 494-0433
3020 Northeast 45th St., (206) 522-8350
4732 Brooklyn N.E., (206) 522-4565
1423 NW Market St., (206) 784-6480
2100 Queen Anne Avenue N, (206) 282-8090
1410 E John Street, (206) 323-4988
2201 E. Madison, (206) 494-1518
7340 35th NE, (206) 524-7064
7300 Roosevelt Way NE, (206) 525-6348
2622 California Avenue SW, (206) 937-5112
4754 42nd Ave SW, (206) 932-6026
8340 15th Ave NW, (206) 782-7464
3900 South Othello, (206) 722-5552
3820 Rainier Ave S, (206) 725-9575
9262 Rainier Ave. S, (206) 494-1120
516 1st Ave West, (206) 494-1685
12318 15th Avenue NE, (206) 364-5132
9620 28th Avenue SW, (206) 935-3996


BioBag
(home care section)


Stewart Lumber
1761 Rainier Ave S, 206-324-5000


Bag-to-Nature

Tweedy & Popp ACE Hardware
1916 N 45th St, (206) 632-2290


Bag-to-Nature

Wholefoods Market
1026 NE 64th Street, Seattle, WA (206) 985-1500
2210 Westlake Avenue, Seattle, WA (206) 621-9700


BioBag

West Seattle Thriftway
4201 SW Morgan, Seattle, WA (206) 937-0245


EcoSafe

* Compostable bags will not typically break down in backyard composting bins.

For locations outside of the Seattle area please visit King County’s Kitchen Compostable Bags website.