Residential Yard Waste Program

Recology American Canyon Green Waste Cart

Recology American Canyon has provided you with a 96-gallon container to use for yard waste. All yard waste must be in the 96-gallon brown cart. Our automated collection trucks are not able to pick up any other type of container.

Yard waste carts are serviced on a weekly basis on your regular pick-up day.

Acceptable Green Waste Materials Only place green waste materials into your brown container!
Accepted Yard Waste Grass clippings Leaves Tree and shrub prunings Weeds	Important Green Waste Notes! Tree and shrub prunings must be cut small enough to fit inside the container. We do not accept bundled branches. Container lids must be closed.

Unacceptable Green Waste Materials Please do not place the following materials into your green container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt, asphalt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Garbage Un-recyclable items	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, used syringes Organic Material Food scraps, animal feces or manure, painted or treated lumber, plywood or particle board Recyclable Material Recyclable glass, metal, paper and plastic