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Davis Waste Removal collects yard materials once a week, usually the day before trash pick-up.

Yard refuse pick-up and street sweeping schedule

To make disposal of yard material easy for you and safe for others, please follow these guidelines:

• Place yard materials directly in front of your house not across the street or around the corner from your house—it will not be picked up!
• Place your yard material 18” from the curb or gutter.
• YARD MATERIAL PILES SHOULD NOT BE LARGER THAN 5’ IN ANY DIMENSION.
• Do not block fire hydrants, driveways or stormdrain inlets with yard waste piles.
• Be aware that yard material piles can create serious hazards for cyclists; BIKE LANES SHOULD NEVER BE BLOCKED.
• Do not park or drive over yard materials.
• Do not place yard materials in bags—leave them loose in piles on the street.

• Grass clippings
• Brush
• Leaves
• Prunings
• Weeds
• Discarded floral displays
• Indoor plants
• Christmas trees
• Branches up to 8 inches in diameter

• Sod
• Soil
• fruit
• Flowerpots
• Florists' wire
• Stumps
• Fencing
• Bricks
• Concrete
• Rocks
• Wood
• Branches larger than 8 inches in diameter

• Yard Waste and Pollution Prevention flier
• Gardening Waste Reduction and Reuse Tips flier
• Send your grass back to it’s roots! Learn about grasscycling!

Backyard Composting Guide

Backyard composting uses natural decomposition processes to turn kitchen and yard wastes into a nutrient-rich soil supplement for your yard or garden. It also diverts waste from our landfill. Proper backyard composting requires little work and is odor and rodent-free. Learn more about backyard composting and worm composting.

Composting classes are available through the City Recycling Program and UC Davis Project Compost.

City of Davis Compost Correspondence Class:
The City of Davis offers a year-round compost correspondence course to Davis residents in single-family homes. to enroll, call the Public works Department (757-5686) to request a compost packet mailed to your home. Once you receive the packet, read the materials inside, fill out the enclosed quiz and return the quiz to the Public Works Department. A city staff-person will contact you to let you know that your quiz was received and that your free compost bin is available for pick-up.

You can also learn about composting by visiting the compost demonstration area at the Community Gardens and see composting happening in a variety of different bins built from reused materials. The demonstration area has recently been revamped with new signs and free brochures about composting. It's a walk-by composting class!

UC Davis Project Compost Classes:
See www.projectcompost.ucdavis.edu for more UC Davis compost class information.
Contact Project Compost at 754-8227 or email at
projectcompost@yahoo.com.