Yard Waste Collection & Preparation
Collection
Yard waste is collected once per week on the same day as trash and recycling. Place yard waste out to curb by 7:00 am on collection day.
Curbside collection of yard waste is provided from the first Monday in April through the third Friday in December.
During months when curbside collection is not offered, SOCRRA residents can bring yard waste to the SOCRRA Transfer Station at 995 Coolidge Road in Troy at no charge from mid-December through March.
When one of the following holidays falls on a weekday, collection for the holiday and remaining days of the week will be delayed one day. These holidays are: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.
Preparation
Yard waste must be separate from trash and recyclables. Yard waste may be placed in a 35-gallon trash can, clearly labeled or marked with a “yard waste” sticker available from your city office. Yard waste may also be placed in 30-gallon paper bags available at most hardware and home improvement store. Containers or bags cannot weigh more than 50 pounds each.
BERKLEY RESIDENTS are required to purchase tags for waste collection during certain times each year. Please contact Berkley for more information.
Acceptable items that may be collected in your yard waste container are:
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Garden waste
- Spent flowers and plants
- Weeds
- Tree and shrub trimmings
- Small twigs
- Halloween pumpkins
- Pine needles and cones
- Wood chips,
- Sawdust
- Potting soil
- Clean dirt
- Vines
- Fruit and vegetable peelings from kitchen
SOCRRA’s compost site is not allowed to accept or process certain items. Please do not include these items in your yard waste container: Meat, fish, bones, oils and fats, dairy products, pet manure, cat litter, cooked food, bread, noxious weeds, charcoal from grill, coffee grounds, paper products, and plastics marked biodegradable, and egg shells. For tree debris, click here
