Yard Waste/Compost
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Free Spring Clean Up 2012: April 3 to May 11
Yard waste:
- will be picked up on your regular trash day only
- is not picked up with the regular trash; it is picked up by a separate truck.
- must be placed at the curb by 7:00 am
- will be picked up in regulation garbage cans with “compost” on the side or in special 30-gallon brown paper bags designed for yard waste. Paper yard waste bags can be purchased at most hardware stores; the City does not sell them.
- may not be placed in regular garbage bags or clear plastic yard bags
Yard Waste/Compost Is:
| grass clippings | leaves |
| small sticks | shrub clippings |
| maple seeds | vines |
| flowers |
Residents are encouraged to mulch their grass clippings and/or to start a compost pile in their yards. Information on how to do this is available at the DPW at 248-658-3490. Pickup is available by the following schedule:
Regular Spring-Summer Collection: May 15 to September 28, 2012
- $2.00 sticker service required – one sticker per container per pickup
- all containers must weigh less than 50 pounds
- each sticker is good on one bag or can for one time only
- yard waste will be collected on your garbage day
- stickers can be purchased at:
- Department of Public Works, 3238 Bacon, M-F, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm; or
- Berkley Public Library, 3155 Coolidge Highway
Fall Collection: October 1-December 1
Yard waste can be raked to the curb or set out in paper yard waste bags at no charge.
Winter Collection: December 1-April 1
Yard waste can be taken to SOCRRA (995 Coolidge in Troy), in yard waste bags at no charge (proof of Berkley residency required).