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Curbside Yard Collection
Yard Trimmings Prohibited from Garbage in King County
Yard trimmings are prohibited from garbage containers in King County. Yard trimmings create extra landfill expense, but can provide nutritious compost and mulch if composted.
Options for Disposing of Yard Trimmings:
 Compost in your yard (most energy efficient choice!)
Put yard trimmings in a yard cart to be collected at the curb (Sign up for yard collection.)
Take yard trimmings to a transfer station that accepts "clean green".
Curbside Yard Waste Yes and No
Collection Schedule:
- Weekly on the same day as recycling and garbage.
The City provides one yard waste cart to each household at no charge. Carts remain the property of the City of Renton.
Extra Yard Trimmings: There is a charge for additional units of yard trimmings (no food scraps) beyond the basic service.
* Yard trimmings are not accepted in plastic bags.
Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility.
For yard trimmings that don't fit in your yard cart you may use:
Paper yard bags (available at home and garden stores)
Reusable polywoven yard bags, or
32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled "Yard" or
Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2' limit)
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Where Does It Go?
Collected yard trimmings and food scraps are processed into compost and sold at home and garden stores.
Visit www.cedar-grove.com for more information.
BioCycle's 2007 nationwide survey identified 42 communities and/or counties with source separated residential organics collection programs in the U.S. There are 17 programs in California, 1 in Michigan, 7 in Minnesota and 17 in Washington State (all in King County). More
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