Yard Debris Collection
Composting your Yard Debris helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil quality, reduce the need for chemicals and fertilizers and save water. Waste Management now offers Yard Debris subscription service in designated areas of Douglas County.
Yard Debris will be picked up every other week year-round!
To find out if you are able to subscribe to service please call 877-466-4668.
Every Other Week Recycling Collection Schedules
Collection rates
Extra Yard TrimmingsThere is a charge for additional units of yard trimmings (no food scraps) beyond the basic service. For yard trimmings that don't fit in your yard cart you may use: * Yard trimmings are not accepted in plastic bags. Plastic bags are not compostable and cause processing and odor problems at the composting facility. |
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Yard trimmings are prohibited from garbage containers. 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 food / yard collection.)
Take yard trimmings to a transfer station that accepts "clean green".
