Compost - Food Scraps and Yard Debris
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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
Yard / food waste is collected weekly March - November and every other week December - February.
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:
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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