Yard and Food Waste Collection

• Food scraps: Meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, breads, eggshells and nutshells, coffee grounds, and tea bags
  
  
• Food-soiled paper: Pizza boxes, paper towels & napkins, non-shiny paper plates and cups, paper egg cartons, paper grocery bags with food scraps, and coffee filters
  
  
• Yard debris: Grass, leaves, weeds, pine needles, thatch, plant trimmings, and branches less than 3 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet in length

Collection Schedule

Yard and food waste are collected weekly from subscribers from March - November and monthly the first full week of the month December - February.

Extra Yard Trimmings There is a charge for additional yard trimmings that are not inside the cart. Paper yard bags (available at home and garden stores), or 32-gal. cans with handles & lids (65 lb. limit) labeled "Yard" or Bundles tied with sisal twine (4'x2' limit) Extra carts are available for a fee * Yard trimmings are not accepted in plastic bags. Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility.