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Annapolis City Officials Change Yard Waste Pickup Date

Residents will now have an easier time remembering when to set out their yard waste with the city's new policy for picking it up.

Residents are asked to set out their yard waste with their garbage on their regular collection days effective July 1.
Residents are asked to set out their yard waste with their garbage on their regular collection days effective July 1. (Shutterstock)

ANNAPOLIS, MD -- In the hopes of helping residents more easily remember when to set out their yard waste, City of Annapolis officials have implemented a new policy effective July 1 that allows residents to set out their yard waste at the same time as their garbage and recycling. So if a resident’s garbage and recycling are collected on Monday, yard waste should be left out for collection on that day too. Previous rules for yard waste collection remain in effect.

“Residents will be asked to bring everything to the curb one day a week now,” said Annapolis Public Works Director David Jarrell in a statement.

The City of Annapolis makes available to residents 64-gallon green carts to collect yard waste. The green bins can be picked up at 932 Spa Road between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. There is a limit of one cart per household. For overflow, or for those residents not interested in using the green yard waste cart, paper bags or trash containers marked with an “X” (using paint or visible tape).

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Yard waste in plastic bags will be tagged with an orange sticker and left at the curb. Yard waste may include grass, leaves, tree limbs and branches. Unacceptable items include dirt, sod, gravel, rocks, flower pots, bamboo, broken lawn tools and trash. Containers may weigh no more than 50 pounds. Bundled materials should be no longer than 2x4 feet. The city asks residents to tie branches, vines and brush together with natural fiber rope or twine so that it can be collected as a bundle. Branches may be no larger than four inches in diameter.


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