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 collection is provided at no extra cost with your basic garbage service.
Customers receive collection every other week on garbage day. 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
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".
