Yard Waste
Yard waste can be accumulated for collection using your 95-gallon green-top cart. This service is optional to residents. In lieu of, or in addition to, your green-top cart, you can also use up to 3 paper composting bags (purchased at most home improvement stores) or up to 3 bundles of brush/branches outside the cart as part of the weekly seasonal yard waste collection, at no extra charge.
Yard Waste Accepted & Not Accepted
Accepted:
- Leaves
- Grass clippings
- Branches, tree limbs under 4 inches in diameter and up to 4 feet in length
- Brush
- Plants, flowers, roots, and shrubbery with soil shaken off
- Prunings
- Christmas trees in lengths not to exceed 6 feet, collected by the Town the first 2 full weeks in January
Not Accepted:
- Soil
- Sod
- Kitchen food waste
- Garden or orchard food waste
- Excrement, pet droppings, kitty litter
- Plastics or synthetics
- Tree stumps and limbs over 4 inches thick or 4 feet long
- Non-compostable bags or boxes
- Lumber or construction material
- Christmas trees in plastic bags
Preparation:
- Lay cart down, rake leaves and grass into open cart
- Do not use plastic bags
- Yard waste must fit into cart with the lid closed
- Yard waste is collected weekly, on the same day as trash and recycling pickup, from the first full week of March through the second Friday after Thanksgiving.