Yard Debris and Food Waste Collection
Your food waste and yard debris is collected every other week on the same day as
your trash collection. Please refer to your calendar showing the collection
schedule. If you need a calendar call us at 800-808-5901 or email WM
Customer Service.
On yard debris day, you can set out one 64-gallon WM provided roll cart (no
plastic bags, please) of yard trimmings every other week for no extra charge.
Any additional 32-gallon cans, paper Kraft bags or bundles (prunings are limited
to 4" in diameter and 36" in length) will be collected for an extra
charge.
For the safety of our drivers, please have all limbs cut or trimmed so that they
do not stick out above the rim of the container.
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Item
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Weight Limit
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Yard Waste Bag
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Weight Limit 40 lbs.
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Yard Waste
Bundle
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Weight Limit 40 lbs.
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65 Gallon Roll
Cart
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Weight Limit 100 lbs.
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On Pickup Day
- Place materials at the curb (not in the street) by 6 am on your
pickup day.
- Do not use plastic bags, recycling carts or bins or plastic liners
for yard debris.
- Place your yard debris loosely in the cart so that it falls freely
when emptied.
- When using Kraft paper yard waste bags for extra yard debris, try to
avoid putting wet debris at the bottom of bag. Keep bags in dry
location until pickup day to prevent bottom from falling out.
- Tie bundles with string or twine. Bundles must be no larger than one
foot by three feet.
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DO include in your yard + food waste collection:
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- Leaves
- Weeds
- Grass clippings
- Branches*
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Prunings*
Items from your garden
* No greater than 4" in diameter and 36" long
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- All food scraps including cooked or raw foods,
meat, bones, shells, pits, spoiled foods, and
coffee grounds.
- Paper coffee filters and tea bags
- Food-soiled paper napkins and paper towels
- Only Biodegradable Products
Institute (BPI) certified
compostable bags.
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DO NOT include in your yard + food waste collection:
- Dirt
- Stumps
- Metal
- Sod
- Bags
- Lumber
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Ashes
Household garbage
Rocks
Plastic
Animal waste
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- "Compostable" containers or packaging, or other
items labeled "biodegradable" or "made from
plants"
- Wax paper, parchment paper or facial tissue.
- Liquids, grease or cooking oil
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Rural yard
debris collection:
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Take yard debris to a
drop-off yard debris center
There is no yard debris collection service for residents
who live in rural Hillsboro.
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