Holiday Recycling

Click here for Christmas tree recycling drop-off sites and holiday recycling tips.

Residents can recycle Christmas trees by placing them inside your green waste cart on your regular collection day from December 26, 2020, through January 8, 2021. Trees over four feet should be cut in half for collection.

GO GREEN! Green Waste Recycling

Residential customers will receive a GREEN 95-gallon green-waste cart. Use your green collection cart to separate landscape waste and other organic materials for collection each week on your scheduled service day and set out by 6 a.m.

Please note that residents can have any combination of five trash and green-waste carts at no additional cost. Residents with carts beyond the combination of five trash and green-waste carts may request additional carts for a nominal fee.

NEED MORE CARTS? Click here and fill out EDCO’s Contact Us form to order more green-waste carts.

Recyclable Green Waste Includes
grass clippings brush weeds hedge trimmings branches leaves palm fronds	ice plant (in small amounts only due to weight) ivy floral decorations Halloween pumpkins Christmas trees (flocked trees are OK) untreated and non-lead based painted wood

Place recyclable green waste directly into your designated green-waste cart. Please do not use plastic bags as they do not compost.

Please do not place any of the following materials in your designated green waste recycling container:

• No plastic bags.
• No kitchen scraps, fruit, trash or hazardous waste.
• No animal waste.
• No dirt, rocks, asphalt, concrete, sand, etc.
• No treated or lead-based painted wood or lumber.

What Happens to Green Waste?
Green waste is used in a variety of diversion programs, including but not limited to land application and composting.

Backyard Composting & Grasscycling…Natures Way to Recycle
EDCO promotes recycling…Naturally! And what could be more natural than to recycle yard waste in a backyard composting bin or reduce waste by “grasscycling” lawn trimmings?

Composting is the natural decomposition of organic material into a soil product. Homeowners who compost their own yard waste (hedge trimmings, flowers, grass, leaves, etc.) and certain kitchen scraps such as fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds and egg shells, can produce their own soil amendment or mulch for use in their yard or garden. Compost-amended soil provides a more nurturing medium for plants therefore creating healthier landscaping that will be more resistant to disease and infestation.

Grasscycling is simply the practice of leaving grass clippings on the lawn after mowing. Grass clippings decompose quickly and return valuable nutrients, such as nitrogen, back into the soil. For best results, follow these simple guidelines:

• Mow your lawn when the grass is dry.
• Keep the blade of your lawn mower sharp.
• Follow the “1/3 Rule:” cut your lawn frequently enough so that not more than 1/3 of the grass blade length is trimmed each time you mow.