Free Food Scraps Composting Drop-off Returns to South Madison Farmers’ Market on June 3, 2025
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At the market drop-off site, you can bring us your spent coffee grounds, eggshells, and appropriate vegetable and fruit scraps so they can be composted.
South Madison Farmers’ Market Details
You will find the South Madison Farmers’ Market at the corner of South Park Street and West Wingra Drive. The address is 1602 S. Park St., but you will find the market along W. Wingra Dr. where there is plenty of free street parking.
Food scraps drop-off will be available from 2:00pm to 6:00pm on Tuesdays.
The appropriate scraps will be accepted every Saturday at this market from June 3, 2025 and ending on October 28, 2025.
What food scraps can you bring to the market?
You can bring coffee grounds, eggshells, raw fruits, raw vegetables, and other similar scraps.
Do not bring meat, bones, baked goods, prepared foods (including pastas), compostable plastics, paper products, grease, or dairy products (including cheese).
Read more about what you can, and cannot, bring in for composting to the food scraps drop-off sites on the Streets Division’s Food Scraps website.
Staff at the food scraps drop-off tent will be there to help you, too, if you have any questions.
Are there other food scraps drop-off sites?
Yes! There are many free food scraps drop-off locations in the City of Madison this year.
Besides the South Madison Farmers’ Market location, there are two more city-sponsored sites. Also on Tuesdays, you can bring scraps to the Eastside Farmers’ Market. On Saturdays, you can bring scraps to the Westside Community Market. More details about the City of Madison sites can be found on our food scraps website.
Starting on June 1, 2025, Dane County Waste and Renewables will have two food scraps drop-off sites in Madison.
The Dane County sites are located on the north side of Madison in Warner Park and near the Henry Vilas Zoo parking lot off S. Orchard St. You need to pre-register on the County website to receive a code to use the Dane County drop-off kiosks. More details about the Dane County locations can be found at their website.
What’s the composting goal for the City of Madison market drop-off sites this year?
We want to compost 40,000 pounds from the farmers’ market drop-off sites, which is the weight of a small herd of bison.
So far this market season, we have collected two bison worth of scraps!
You can show your support, and join the herd, by dropping off your scraps and picking up a free bison sticker at one of the City food scrap drop-off sites. Stickers are available at the Eastside, South Madison, and Westside Community markets.
We hope to see you there.
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