Yard waste collection is an optional fee-based program. For a $7.50 monthly fee, residents are enrolled into the yard waste program from July 1 to June 30. The service fee includes one cart. If a cart is at your residence and you apply for service you will be charged the standard monthly fee of $7.50. Note that this is an annual service agreement. Yard waste customers must notify Solid Waste Management in the event of address change.

Yard Waste applications can be mailed, faxed and/or uploaded and sent to the following email address: yardwaste@durhamnc.gov. The address and faxed number is listed on the application. Paid subscribers are entitled to two free collections of bulky brush. The resident will be charged for any additional debris removal.

Neither dirt nor rocks are considered yard waste. Allow up to three business days for missed carts to be collected.

If you are an exempt customer and have multiple yard waste carts, only one cart will be serviced at the house. All other carts and/or bags must be brought curbside for service.

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Proper Way to Prepare Yard Waste for Collection
Yard waste must be set out with garbage by 6 a.m. for next-day collection. Yard waste carts are only serviced when the cart has been set out at the same time that the garbage is set out.
   
Yard waste will be collected if placed in the brown yard waste cart, brown biodegradable paper bags, and/or bundled appropriately.