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
Food Scraps & Yard Trimmings are collected subscribers every week year
round. 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
Approved compostable bags
A reusable container lined with used paper towels. Empty into
Food / Yard cart and reuse.
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".
