Yard waste tags are not required for the 2025 curbside yard waste season! Starting the week of April 7, 2025, through mid-December, simply place your yard waste in paper bags or cans at your curb before 7 AM on your trash pickup day. Bags and cans cannot be more than 32 gallons and 50 pounds, and cans must be clearly labeled “YARD WASTE” or “COMPOST”. Plastic bags containing yard waste will not be collected.

Yard waste includes grass, leaves, shrubbery cuttings, vines, rose bushes, roots, stumps, and sticks. If you have branches larger than 4 feet long and 2 inches in diameter, you should place them at your curb for chipper service. Chipper service happens on a bi-weekly basis throughout the entire city, and you must place materials at the curb before 7 AM every other Monday starting on April 7.

CURBSIDE LEAF COLLECTION PICKUP - COMPLETED AS OF 12/12/24

ONLY leaves may be raked to the curb in neat rows from October through mid-December. Dates for the 2025 collection period will be available here soon.

Do not place sticks, twigs or any other yard debris in the street.

Outside of the curbside leaf pickup period, residents can dispose of leaves (and yard waste) by bringing them to our dedicated disposal site in the Community Center parking lot (2400 Robina).

Why aren't yard waste tags required after October 1, 2024?
City Council approved ending this program at its September 16, 2024 meeting and directed staff to stop selling and requiring yard waste tags on October 1. 

The yard waste tag fee was implemented for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2024,  to ensure that operational costs were met in our Solid Waste Fund. Another measure that was taken was discontinuing our residential chipper service for brush that did not meet our yard waste guidelines.

However, the yard waste tag fee, along with a new commercial refuse fee, generated much higher revenues than expected. Our finance department recognized this during the fiscal year-end review and recommended that City Council re-evaluate the yard waste and brush programs. Based on these financial projections, City Council determined that yard waste services can now be offered without requiring tags, and the chipper program can resume in April 2025 for brush pickup services while still maintaining a stable Solid Waste Fund.

How do I manage my yard waste during yard waste season?
You can place yard waste in bags or cans at the curb on your regular trash pickup day, no tags required. Leaves can be raked directly to the street for collection during leaf pickup season, which typically begins the first week of October.

What do I do with leaves and yard waste after yard waste season ends?
After yard waste season ends on December 20, a drop-off site will be available in the parking lot of the Community Center (2400 Robina) to dispose of your yard waste.

How will the chipper program work when it returns?
Starting in April 2025, brush pickup will resume on a bi-weekly basis with no need to schedule a pickup. For the safety of our crews, only branches 2 inches in diameter and 4 feet or longer can be picked up to be chipped. Anything smaller must be bagged with yard waste.

What does the Residential Refuse collection fee on my quarterly water bill cover?
The Residential Refuse fee on the quarterly water bill is used to help offset the cost of refuse, recycling and yard waste collection.