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 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:
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.
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".
