Yard and Food Waste Collection
 | 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. |
Collection Schedule
Yard / food waste collection is provided at no extra cost with your basic garbage service. Customers receive collection every other week on garbage day. 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
- 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 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. |
| Yard Trimmings Prohibited in Garbage |
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".
