Voluntary Containerized Yard Waste Collection Program
Loose In The Street Collection 8 Times Per Year
You Have A Choice
"In a can" yard waste collection equals the following:
- Cleaner streets
- Reduces yard waste and pollutants in the storm drains.
- Reduced impacts to City streets from collection equipment.
- It's 24% less expensive than the loose in the street program.
The programs features:
- Weekly collection utilizing a 96-gallon Yard Waste Container.
- Loose-in-the-street collection during the following months:
- January: Christmas Trees: Collection 2nd week of January
- February: Pruning Season: Collection last week of February
- May: Pruning Season: Collection last week of May
- October: Leaf Season: Collection last week of October
- November: Leaf Season: Collection every other week in November
- December: Leaf Season: Collection every other week in December
Please follow these guidelines when placing containers out for collection:
- It is prohibited to put loose in the street piles in the street, except during specified times of the year described above
- Place containers at curb by 6:00 AM.
- Allow three feet between containers.
- Place containers six feet from cars, utility poles, mailboxes, boats, and other obstructions.
- Place containers on the street, not on the sidewalk or in bike lanes.
Please contact Customer Service at 808-5454, if you have any questions or to find out your collection schedule.
The City's Solid Waste Division, in partnership with Neighborhood Services, is seeking information from residents interested in participating in voluntary Lawn and Garden Service in a Can, for the purposes of planning & outreach to interested communities. If you are interested in providing such planning information input, please follow this link.