Organic Yard Waste Recycling

Organic yard waste is picked up on the curb on the second day of your regular garbage collection, either Thursday or Friday for recycling.

ORGANIC WASTE IS DEFINED AS LEAVES, GRASS CLIPPINGS, PLANT TRIMMINGS, BRANCHES, AND TWIGS.

Beginning Thursday, April 1, 2005, through Friday, Oct. 15, 2005, the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Joint Sanitation Commission will collect organic waste separate from garbage.

Between April 1 and October 15, organic recyclables must be placed out at the curb in paper bags or loosely in trash containers marked for organic waste recycling.

After October 15, 2005 branches, grass clippings and other organic material, with the exception of Fall leaves, should be put in plastic bags and set out curbside as rubbish on the second collection day.

Fall leaves must be raked loose to the curb for pick-up by the Highway Department between October 15 and December 15. Branches must not be mixed in with leaves, but instead must be cut into 4 foot lengths and separately bundled.

Rules

• If your garbage is collected on Monday/Thursday, organic waste will be collected on Thursday.
  
• If your garbage is collected on Tuesday/Friday, organic waste will be collected on Friday.
  
• State and County solid waste regulations prohibit the mixing of organic waste with regular garbage.
  
• Organic waste may not be set out earlier than the evening before the scheduled collection day.
  
• Organic waste must be put in biodegradable brown paper bags or garbage cans. Plastic bags are prohibited and garbage cans must be free of garbage. Containers must be no more than 60 pounds.
  
• Tree branches and twigs cannot be longer than 4 feet and no more than 4 inches in diameter. Branches and twigs may be tied or put in biodegradable brown paper bags or garbage cans.