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Yard Debris and Food Waste Collection

Your food waste and yard debris is collected every other week on the same day as your trash collection. Please refer to your calendar showing the collection schedule. If you need a calendar call us at 800-808-5901 or email WM Customer Service.

On yard debris day, you can set out one 64-gallon WM provided roll cart (no plastic bags, please) of yard trimmings every other week for no extra charge. Any additional 32-gallon cans, paper Kraft bags or bundles (prunings are limited to 4" in diameter and 36" in length) will be collected for an extra charge.

For the safety of our drivers, please have all limbs cut or trimmed so that they do not stick out above the rim of the container.

Item Weight Limit
Yard Waste Bag Weight Limit 40 lbs.
Yard Waste Bundle Weight Limit 40 lbs.
65 Gallon Roll Cart Weight Limit 100 lbs.

On Pickup Day

  • Place materials at the curb (not in the street) by 6 am on your pickup day.

  • Do not use plastic bags, recycling carts or bins or plastic liners for yard debris.

  • Place your yard debris loosely in the cart so that it falls freely when emptied.

  • When using Kraft paper yard waste bags for extra yard debris, try to avoid putting wet debris at the bottom of bag. Keep bags in dry location until pickup day to prevent bottom from falling out.

  • Tie bundles with string or twine. Bundles must be no larger than one foot by three feet.

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DO include in your yard + food waste collection:


  • Leaves
  • Weeds
  • Grass clippings
  • Branches*
  • Prunings*
  • Items from your garden

    * No greater than 4" in diameter and 36" long
    • All food scraps including cooked or raw foods, meat, bones, shells, pits, spoiled foods, and coffee grounds.
    • Paper coffee filters and tea bags
    • Food-soiled paper napkins and paper towels
    • Only Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) certified compostable bags.

    DO NOT include in your yard + food waste collection:

    • Dirt
    • Stumps
    • Metal
    • Sod
    • Bags
    • Lumber
  • Ashes
  • Household garbage
  • Rocks
  • Plastic
  • Animal waste
    • "Compostable" containers or packaging, or other items labeled "biodegradable" or "made from plants"
    • Wax paper, parchment paper or facial tissue.
    • Liquids, grease or cooking oil

    WM Northwest Rural yard debris collection:

    Take yard debris to a drop-off yard debris center

    There is no yard debris collection service for residents who live in rural Hillsboro.


    WM Green Yard Waste Cart


    Click here to download - Collection Guidelines

    Food Scraps

    Click here to download the brochure

    Click here to download the brochure in Spanish

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