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Photo of a yard trimmings set out, including a yard bag, reusable container, and bundle of branches, that is placed five feet from the garbage cart. The recycling is also five feet from the garbage cart. Photo of a large brush set out. Cut ends face the street. The pile is no more than 4 feet high and 15 feet long. The branches are neatly stacked, unbound, and about 4 inches in diameter.

Large Brush and Yard Trimmings

Solid Waste Services can help residential Pay As You Throw customers dispose of downed trees and limbs. Whenever possible, please cut up and bundle branches for your weekly yard trimmings collection. Otherwise, please set your brush at the curb according to the guidelines below and call 3-1-1 to request an out of cycle brush collection. A supervisor will contact you about your request.

Yard Trimmings: Grass, leaves and small branches are collected each week on your recycling and yard trimmings collection day. More information about yard trimmings...

Large Brush: Large branches (over 3 inches in diameter and up to 15 feet long) are collected during specially-scheduled large brush collections. More information about large brush...

Guidelines:

  • Please set brush at the curb.
  • Brush must be less than 15 ft. long. It should be stacked in one row, no more than four ft. high, with the cut ends facing the street.
  • Please do not place branches under low-hanging tree limbs or power lines, on top of your water meter, in alleys or vacant lots, next to your mail box, a utility box, a fence nor a wall.

Your yard waste is "recycled" and used to make Dillo Dirt, an EPA-certified soil conditioner.


Yard Waste Overview
Leaves, Grass & Small Branches
Large Branches
Out of Cycle Large Brush Collection
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