Spring Yard Waste Service Starts April 1, Ends May 3
EWSU City residential customers will have a few extra days this year to take advantage of the annual spring yard waste service. From April 1 through May 3, eligible households can get rid of unlimited bags and containers of yard waste at no extra charge. Yard waste includes grass clippings, hedge and tree trimmings, weeds, vines, and garden plants. Large tree branches and tree trunks are not allowed.
Here’s How the Program Works
- Republic Services, the contractor for the City’s trash and recycling services, will pick up unlimited bags, containers, or bundles of yard waste on the customers’ regular trash collection day.
- Yard waste must be properly contained in plastic bags or tied in bundles no more than 4 feet long and 2 feet in diameter weighing less than 50 pounds, or loose in containers weighing less than 50 pounds.
- Yard waste must be placed next to the City-issued trash cart.
- No special bags are required. The yard waste will be taken to the landfill.
What is Allowed and Who is Eligible
- Spring Yard Waste Service is for organic yard waste like leaves, grass clippings, hedge and tree trimmings, garden plants and garden trimmings.
- Spring Yard Waste Service is available to City residents who pay for trash service with their EWSU water and sewer bill. Apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses, commercial customers and County residents are not eligible.
Republic Services will accept extra yard waste placed curbside next to the City-issued trash cart only during the annual Spring Yard Waste Service period, at no extra cost. Yard waste placed inside the City trash cart is accepted throughout the year.
