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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Acceptable Yard and Food Waste:
- Food scraps: Meats, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, breads, eggshells and
nutshells, coffee grounds, and tea bags
- Food-soiled paper: Pizza boxes, paper towels & napkins, non-shiny paper plates and
cups, paper egg cartons, paper grocery bags with food scraps, and coffee filters
- Yard debris: Grass, leaves, weeds, pine needles, thatch, plant trimmings, and branches
less than 3 inches in diameter and less than 4 feet in length
Collection Schedule
Yard and food waste are collected weekly from subscribers from March - November and monthly
the first full week of the month December - February.
Collection
Calendar
Extra Yard Trimmings
There is a charge for additional yard trimmings that are not inside the
cart.
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)
Extra carts are available for a fee
* 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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