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Yard clippings6/16/2023 ![]() Wet grass and leaves must weigh less than 25 pounds.īamboo is not accepted in curbside collection. Bamboo should be tied in bundles no longer than 4 feet and placed with household trash for collection. Bundles of limbs, bags and/or cans of dry grass and leaves must weigh less than 60 pounds. Limbs collected curbside must not exceed 4 feet in length and 3 inches in diameter and must be securely tied in bundles. **Please note, cardboard boxes are not acceptable containers.** Residents may purchase cans must be clearly labeled "Yard Waste" or "Yard Trim" to ensure collection. Yard trim may be placed in heavy-duty paper bags or heavy-duty trash cans with handles and a secure lid, or the County-issued 32-gallon "Organics" green wheeled cart. **Please note, the landfill does not accept yard trim during the week (Monday through Friday). to 3:30 p.m., as the composting facility is closed on weekends. Residents that have a large amount of yard trim to dispose of on Saturday may utilize the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill, located at 11611 White House Road. Upper Marlboro MD 20774, between 8:00 a.m. Due to COVID -19 only electronic transactions are accepted. The overall tip fee depends on the total weight of the disposed material. Should residents have a very large volume of yard trim to dispose of and needs to utilize the composting facility, please be aware that there is a minimum tip fee that will be charged. However, this facility is for commercial traffic and is not necessarily conducive to residential vehicular traffic (due to the large truck traffic and heavy equipment). The County also operates the Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility, located at 6550 Maude Savoy Brown Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, which is open Monday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. **Please note, the convenience center does not accept commercial vehicles, box trucks, or trailers.** Yard trim can also be delivered and dropped off at the Brown Station Road Drop-off Convenience Center, located at 3501 Brown Station Road. Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, which is open Mondays through Saturdays from 7:00 a.m. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you receive County-provided curbside collection services, yard trim must be placed at the curb for pickup by 6 a.m. Download the Brown is the New Green Spanish Flyer (JPG).Download the Brown is the New Green Flyer (JPG).Residents should place their yard trim loose in a collection can or use large yard paper bags, a trash can marked "Yard Trim" or "Yard Waste" or in the County-issued 32-gallon "organics" wheeled cart. Please note, that effective January 1, 2014, plastics bags are no longer accepted in yard trim collection. For more information about yard trim collection, contact PGC311. But food-related items must be placed in the County-issued 32-gallon wheeled green cart. Yard trim includes grass clippings, leaves, small branches, brush, and Christmas trees (December through January).įood scraps are also collected and can be co-mingled with yard trim, through our PGC Composts program. Only residents receiving County collected trash and recycling services can participate in yard trim collection. Curbside yard trim collection occurs weekly year round on Mondays, except on certain holidays (see holiday collection schedule at bottom of page).
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