Place your yard trimmings at your collection point (street curb or alley - where your trash/recycle carts are serviced) before 7:00 a.m. on your designated collection day to ensure pick-up.  

Place paper lawn bags and stacks of cuttings at least two feet away from your recycling and/or refuse containers so they will not interfere with automated collection. Biodegradable paper bags may be purchased at local retail stores, City Warehouse or Custer Road Facility. 

Place only organic materials (leaves, plant materials and/or grass clippings) in paper lawn bags weighing no more than 50 pounds. Trash or refuse will contaminate the compost process and may cause work-related injuries for our Environmental Waste Services crews. 

Tree trimmings and brush piles may not exceed six feet in length, four feet in height and four feet in width. Please place these materials in neat, manageable piles for manual collection. It is not required to tie or bundle piles.
 

DO NOT PLACE SOD OR SOIL IN THE PAPER LAWN BAGS. Please call Environmental Waste Services Customer Service at (972) 769-4150 for specific instructions for collection of these items.
 

Small corrugated cardboard boxes must be flattened or broken down then placed loosely in your recycling container for collection. Large corrugated cardboard boxes should be flattened and placed out for collection with your yard trimmings.
 

Unpainted, unstained wooden fence panels and/or lumber can be collected for composting. Fence sections must not be larger that four feet by six feet for manual collection. Please remove any bolts, latches and/or hinges. 

PAINTED OR STAINED LUMBER OR WOOD, WOOD WITH PLASTIC, FORMICA OR CREOSOTE IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR YARD TRIMMING COLLECTION. These items can be placed out for your monthly bulky waste collection. 

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