Yard and Food Waste Collection
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Composting your yard
and food waste helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
improve soil quality, reduce the need for chemicals and
fertilizers and save water.
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Collection Schedule
Customers subscribing to yard / food waste receive collection weekly on
Thursdays. Food scraps and food-soiled paper go only in the Food/Yard cart
provided by WM. Food scraps are not accepted in any other
containers.
Food Scraps Accepted in Yard Carts:
Collect kitchen food scraps in containers such as:
- Paper bags
- Approved compostable bags
- A reusable container lined with used paper towels. Empty into
Food / Yard cart and reuse.
- Other
Kitchen Compost Container Options
- Do not put plastic in your cart.
Extra Yard Trimmings
There 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:
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)
* 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 Prohibited in Garbage
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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".
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