[header] How to compost [title] Decide how kitchen scraps will be used. [step] Before you start collecting your kitchen scraps, you need to know if you will be using them for a personal compost bin or if they will be going to a municipal composting program. Making this distinction is important because you can compost more food items in a municipal composting program than you can at home. 
[substeps] For a municipal program, you can often collect all biodegradable kitchen scraps, including meat and dairy. [title] Get a small compost container for indoors.