FINAL YARD WASTE PICK-UP: Week of December 4 will be the final week of YARD WASTE pick-up service for the 2023 season.

CURBSIDE PICK-UP - Yard waste can be picked up if left in accepted containers and separated from regular trash

• Yard waste must be placed in reusable containers or bio-degradable paper bags.
• Containers can be no larger than 35-gallons.
• No receptacle with yard waste contents may exceed 50 lbs. in weight.
• There is NO limit on the number of yard waste containers you may put out.
• Branches too large to be bagged should be cut into three (3) foot lengths and tied with string. DO NOT tie with wire.
• Mark reusable yard waste containers with yellow, red or orange markings or flags in order for the street department to identify them.
• Yard waste will be collected on the same day as your regular household trash.
• Place the yard waste container(s) in the same area as your trash, but separate them somewhat from the trash.
• Yard waste is collected by the employees of the Speedway Street Department. Yard waste will NOT be collected on Town recognized holidays.
• Yard Waste is picked up seasonally beginning the first full week of April with the last pick-up for the season being the first full week of December.
• Christmas trees are picked up the first week in January, weather permitting.
   

Yard waste items unacceptable for pickup:

• No handles on cans
• Sod
• Cardboard boxes
• Plastic bags
• Painted wood
• Nails
• Pressure-treated lumber
• Wire
• Animal waste

Reasons yard waste will not be picked up:

• No handles on cans
• Trash or animal waste mixed in with yard waste
• Cans not marked or identified as yard waste
• Branches exceed 6" in diameter or 1 ft over top of cans
• Weight exceeds 50 lbs

Speedway Yard Waste Recycling & Collection Ordinance # 817

12.16.010 - Unlawful.
No person shall place or throw any paper, organic waste, or trash or refuse of any kind on any public way, including sidewalks and streets, or other public facility, including parks, in a manner and to an extent that would render the way or other facility unclean, unsightly, unusable or unsafe.

This is a reminder that raking leaves or blowing grass into the streets is not allowed.