Reducing our waste starts with you!

When food waste is sent to a landfill or incinerator, powerful greenhouse gases such as methane and CO2 are created and emitted into the atmosphere. These gases are major contributors to global warming.

 

Now, with ScanScraps, you can easily collect your food scraps and deposit them for composting while earning ScanScratch—keeping your food scraps out of the garbage, landfills and incinerators.

 

When you become a ScanScrapper, you:
• reduce greenhouse gases
• contribute to soil health
• earn ScanScratch as your reward
• positively impact global warming

Help Reduce Waste & Carbon Emissions and Earn Rewards
in 3 Easy Steps!

SCAN YOUR BAG

Download the ScanScraps App. Scan your compostable ScanScraps bag and place it in the caddy.

COLLECT YOUR SCRAPS

Add food scraps to the caddy. Once the caddy is nearly full, remove the bag.  Just twist close. Please don’t tie a knot.

DROP YOUR BAG

Take your bag and phone to a designated local drop-off site. Record the drop to earn ScanScratch.

How to Get Started.

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Download from APPLE

Download from GOOGLE

1.)  Install the ScanScraps App

2.)  Sign Up & Create a New Account

HOW TO SCAN A BAG

1.)   Open App & go to Bag-Pen.

2.)   Select Scan-bag-now!

3.)   Hold viewer over QR code located on bag.

4.)   Scanned bag appears in Bag-Pen.

5.)   Place bag in your kitchen collection bin.

6.)   Start filling it with food scraps.

HOW TO DROP A BAG

1.)   Take filled bag to your organics drop site.

2.)   Open ScanScraps App & go to Bag-Pen.

3.)   Select the bag to drop. Press Drop.

4.)   The App tracks your dropped bags so you can earn ScanScratch rewards.

5.)    Not ready to go to a drop site? Select “Freeze” on the app & take the bag later.

FAQ’s

What Can I Put in My Bag?

REMEMBER – ONLY FOOD Scraps are allowed in your bag.

No PLASTIC items, stickers, rubber bands or twist ties!

  • Meat, Poultry (bones also) Fish (including shellfish)
  • Dairy Products
  • Unpainted pumpkins, guords
  • Houseplants & Flower Bouquets
  • Fruits & Nuts (including pits)
  • Vegetables ***Remove stickers, bands and ties***
  • Bread, Pasta & Grains
  • Sauces, Soup & Gravy
  • Coffee Grounds & Filters
  • Tea Bags
  • Paper Towels & Napkins
  • Egg Shells
  • Plate Scrapings
How to use your ScanScrap App?

Using ScanScraps is easy!

  1. Open the App, you will land at the Bag Pen
  2. Select the Scan a Bag camera icon from the menu bar at the bottom.
  3. If prompted, please allow ScanScraps access to your phone’s camera and location functions – thanks!
  4. The Scan A Bag screen will appear on your phone
  5. Place the scanner box on your phone over the QR code on your empty Scanny Bag
  6. The Scanny will instantly be added to one of the 5 slots in your Bag Pen
  7. Place the Scanny bag in the vented collection caddy.
  8. Add food scraps to the lined caddy.
  9. When caddy is nearly full, remove the bag.
  10. Take the bag and your phone to your designated food scrap drop-off site. At the drop-off site, open the App and from the Bag Pen, press drop button under the bag. You can also freeze the bag if you will drop it later.
  11. The dropped bag is now recorded in your account.
  12. From your account, see your totals, food scraps collected, carbon saved and ScanScratch earned.

If prompted, please allow ScanScraps access to your phone’s camera and location functions.

How do I redeem my ScanScraps?

ScanScratch will be redeemed through the app. Awards will be added monthly for local coupons or rewards. You will get messages alerts as you ScanScratch grows.

What kind of smart phone can I use?

The ScanScraps app is downloadable from Google Play Store and Apple App store. There is no charge for the app. Currently these are the only platforms we support.

Why do I have to use Scanny Scraps Bags?

Unlike plastic bags, Scanny compostable bags will be 100% consumed by microbes with the food scraps when composting.  Compostable bags will not contaminate compost and they will not become persistent microplastics like a plastic bag will. Microplastics in compost contaminate soils and find their way into the seas.

At ScanScraps, our goal is to reduce carbon emissions. By using Scanny bags to collect and carry food scraps to a drop site you are divert food scraps from incinerators and carbon-producing processes. Each Scanny has a unique QR code which only works with the app. For the program to work you need a different Scanny each time. You can only scan a bag once. At ScanScraps, we envision a greener, cleaner more equitable world where food waste and other organic material is continuously recovered to help the environment rather than create harm by improper disposal methods. Improper food scrap disposal creates powerful greenhouse gases and contributes to climate change. Besides when you make compost you make richer soils. Our compostable Scanny bags are our tools to make this vision a reality.

Why should I use a vented kitchen collection bin?

The ScanScraps vented caddy works with the breathable Scanny bags. Together they allow air flow to circulate through the vents and bag around the food scraps. This minimizes odors and liquid accumulation. Note: meat scraps and fish scraps may have odors; those items can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer and added to the vented caddy just before taking the Scanny bag to the compost drop-off site. Check with your drop site to see if they accept, Meat and Dairy.

How can I get a vented kitchen collection bin and Scanny bags?

After you set up the ScanScraps App, go to the ScanScraps website and request a starter kit. (Limited distribution only.)Once the program is fulling running, there should be an alert for you to click yes for more Scanny bags. This feature is in the development stage.

What are the benefits of ScanScraps

Scannies make collecting food scraps easy. They are a companion to the vented caddy. The two work together to make the process from in-kitchen collection to drop-off as easy as possible by removing any unpleasant odors and liquid. The bag was designed with handles so you can easily carry it to your compost drop-off site. You do not need to tie a knot in the bag. Since it is not made from plastic, the Scanny bag will decompose along with your food scraps. The Scanny bag is part of a closed-loop system; its only purpose is to collect and transport food scraps

Can I use a different bag?

No, only Scannies are designed to work with the vented caddy. They have the ScanScraps QR codes that pair with the App. The Scanny Bag is a main component of the whole program. All the parts work together…including yourself. You can always get more Scannies when needed. There is no-charge for registered ScanScrappers.

My Scanny bag looks like a plastic bag, is it made from plastic?

The Scanny bag is NOT a plastic bag, even though it looks similar to one!  The bag contains NO polyethylene which is what plastic bags are made of. Plastic bags are NOT compostable. If you’re not sure if a bag is compostable, check to see if it has a BPI certification logo. If it does not have that, do not accept any claim that the bag is compostable. Plastic bags should NEVER be used in composting! If plastic finds its way to compost and then into the soil, it can become microplastics. Scannies will not make microplastics. Scannies will be 100% consumed and turned into compost.