Fall Leaf Clean-up
Compost Connection Pickup Guidelines
To make sure you receive the best possible curbside yard disposal service, please take a moment to review our guidelines below.
What yard debris we accept:
We pick up any and all natural yard waste, including grass, leaves, tree limbs, flowers, garden plants, walnuts, apples, Christmas trees, and more.
What we don't accept:
We do not pick up trash, construction material, dead animals, animal feces, fireplace ash, or lumber. Please do not bag up those things with your yard waste. Any bags containing trash or foreign material will be left at the curb.
How to Prepare for Your Yard Debris Removal Service:
- We recommend you bag up your yard waste using leaf and lawn paper bags from your local hardware store or from Amazon (link is affiliate).
- If you have sticks or brush that don’t fit well into a bag, you can bundle them using rope or twine.
- Please be sure bundles are no larger than 18” by 36” for ease of handling.
- All bags must be securely closed by folding the tops or taping the bag shut with masking tape.
- Individual limb diameters should be no larger than 4 inches inside the bundle.
- You may also use small cardboard boxes to hold your yard waste, provided they are no larger than the size and weight limits, and are clearly labeled YARD WASTE.
- Please mark clearly if there are thorns in any bags or bundles for the safety of our team.
- The maximum item weight we can pickup is 50 pounds, and the maximum bag size is 39 gallons.
- Please do not put brush or sticks in plastic bags.
Where to Put Yard Debris:
- Have your bags at the curb by 7 AM on your designated pickup day.
- Yard waste bags need to be directly at the curb in front of your home, visible from both directions on the street.
- Please note that we are unable to enter your yard to pick up bags.
- Please separate yard waste bags from regular house trash so we can determine which bags are intended for us.
- Compost Connection is unable to search behind cars or bushes to look for bags for pickup.
- All bags need to be visible from the street, so our driver knows to stop and pick them up.
- Your pickup time may vary weekly depending on the number of trucks on the route.
- Please contact our office within 24 hours if we missed your pickup.
Weekly Pickup Logistics:
Check Your Program
Your weekly limit for yard waste collection depends on your program selection (2, 5, or 10 items each week).
Year-Round Pickup
Collection will be 52 weeks a year, rain or shine, to keep your yard debris off your lawn when you are on a weekly program.
Holiday Dates
We run one day later after these holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Adjusted Schedule
On the weeks where one of these holidays falls on a weekday, your collection will be one day later than normal.
Additional information:
- All materials collected are taken to a licensed compost facility.
- This recycling facility does not allow for any trash, landscape, or construction materials.
- If bags contain trash or foreign materials, they will have to be left at the curb.
- Bags that we weren't able to pickup because they didn't follow one of these guidelines will be marked with an orange tag.
Please Note: This service is non-refundable. We appreciate your understanding as we work to keep our costs low and our service affordable. If you have further questions, please contact us at 816-761-8300 or [email protected].
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