Free spring yard waste collection set for end of April

Due to the cooler temperatures and requests from residents, Groot's spring yard waste collection, initially scheduled for the first two weeks in April, has been moved to the last two weeks of the month.

The 2022 Free Spring Yard Waste Collection will now begin on Monday, April 18, and end on Friday, April 29.

During these two weeks, residents do not have to use waste stickers to dispose of yard waste. Yard waste must be placed in a 30-gallon recyclable paper bag and not exceed 60 pounds. Yard waste mixed with garbage or yard waste in a garbage can or plastic bag will not be collected.

Beginning Monday, May 2, a waste sticker, which is the same one used for excess garbage, must be attached to the bag.

The free Bundled Brush Collection program also begins on Monday, April 18, and runs through Friday, Nov. 4.

No waste stickers are required for this collection. Branches and limbs that are half-inch to 4 inches in diameter and 2 to 4 feet in length must be bundled and tied. The bundled brush should be placed at the curb in neat, manageable piles with the cut side of the limbs facing the street. Branches and limbs less than half-inch in diameter are considered yard waste. Brush that is not bundled and tied will not be collected. In addition, brush resulting from commercial tree trimming, which should be removed by the contractor, will also not be collected.

Both yard waste and bundled brush collection will take place on the regular garbage collection day and should be placed at the curb by 6 a.m. that morning.