Outdoor Yard Waste

900 tons of yard waste is picked up annually by Speedway Street Department 

Yard waste consists of:

• grass
• twigs
• leaves
• flowers
• plants
• vegetable
• garden waste
• brush
• tree limbs (up to six (6) inches in diameter)
• other organic yard and garden waste

3 Yard Waste Treatment Options

1.  MULCH - Mow it high and don't bag your grass or leaves.  Return the nutrients to the soil.

2. COMPOST - Start a compost pile in your back yard (suggest reading up on how to do it correctly - avoid animal waste)

3.  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.