Important Yard Waste Announcement!
2025 Yard Waste Collection Schedule
Weather permitting, our yard waste service will begin on Monday, April 7, 2025, and continue through the last full week of November. Please note that this is a prepaid service—your invoice must be paid in full before your first pickup.
Safety First: Updated Yard Waste Service Policy
At Walters Recycling, your safety and convenience come first. This season, we’re updating our yard waste policy to better support our drivers and ensure timely service for you.
What’s New?
- Extra Capacity: Enjoy 4 additional compostable bags or bundles per week.
- Enhanced Safety and Efficiency: This change enables our drivers to maintain safe practices and follow efficient routes, ensuring your yard waste is collected on schedule.
3/19/2025 updated
Yard Waste
COLLECTION SERVICES
At Walters Recycling, we know managing yard waste can be a challenge. That’s why we offer:
- Up to 4 FREE extra yard waste bags each week to give you the extra space you need.
- An additional yard waste cart at no extra cost—because convenience matters.
Experience the ease of a service designed with your busy life in mind!
Minnesota Statutes 115A.03 Subd 38 defines yard waste as “garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, shrub and tree waste, and prunings.”
Acceptable Yard Waste materials:
- Grass Clippings
- Tree waste (including leaves, pine needles, pinecones, acorns)
- Weeds
- Small branches/brush (must be cut to lengths no more than 4 feet & firmly tied in bundles no more than 18 inches in diameter).
- Prunings
- Garden waste
- BPI Certified lawn and leaf bags
Non-Acceptable Yard Waste Material:
- Black lawn & leaf bags or non BPI plastic bags of any type
- Sod
- Dirt
- Rocks or bricks
- Large branches or tree stumps
- Mulch, wood chips
- Landscape materials (edging, fabric, pavers, etc.)
- Lumber or treated wood
- Plastic plant trays, hanging baskets or pots
- No Trash or recyclable material
Frequently Asked Questions
We compiled a list of frequently asked questions to alleviate any unknowns that you may have about our yard waste service. Please review the list of frequently asked questions below, and feel free to reach out to us if you have additional questions. We are here to serve you!
A. You are allowed up to 4 extra bags or bundles brush per week outside of your cart. Be sure to look for the BPI Compostable logo to ensure bags are acceptable. www.bpiworld.org/BPI-Public/Program.html
A. Garden waste (no vegetables), leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, shrub, small sticks, and pruning’s along with branches/ brush (must be cut to lengths no more than 4 foot & firmly tied in bundles no more than 18 inches in diameter).
A. Weather pending, Yard waste starts the first full week of April and will run through the last full week of November. Reminder: this is a prepaid service; the invoice must be paid in full before your first pickup.
A. This is an opt in non-taxable service that runs seasonally, therefore a separate account is set up for those who opt in. When customers pay to the trash account, this can cause confusion on future invoices and possibly delay the start of your service!
A. Yes, yard waste is a weekly service and is picked up on the same day as your trash service, remember to have your carts at the curb no later than 6:30am the morning of your service day.
A. Plastic bags of any type, sod, dirt, rocks or bricks, large branches, or stumps. No mulch or wood chips, landscape material such as edging, fabric, pavers etc. No food or pet waste of any kind, including garden vegetables. Do not place lumber or treated wood in your yard waste cart. No plastic plant trays, hanging baskets or planting pots. No Trash or recyclable material.
A. Using the correct customer ID# located on the invoice when paying online – this will make sure your service is activated immediately!
A. Customers are asked to keep the cart in the off season. Carts make a great storage container for garden hoses, sprinklers and other lawn care or decorative items.
