Compost It! Premium Service is available to residents in Clive, Des Moines, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights. This program allows residents to use a convenient, wheeled container to dispose of yard waste at the curb. Purchase your 2010 Premium Compost It! renewal online now.
New customers pay an initial fee for the cart and then purchase an annual program sticker to attach to the container. This sticker price covers the cost of the hauler picking up the yard waste on your regular garbage collection day for the 2010 Compost It! season. The initial cart fee is a one-time cost; the sticker must be renewed annually for service each year. New customers should contact their city hall to sign up for the program. Current customers can renew their Premium Service sticker online. Des Moines residents should contact Des Moines Public Works at 283-4950.
The Compost It! Premium Service containers are for yard waste only. This includes grass clippings, leaves, branches, yard and garden trimmings, and brush. Containers are placed at the curb the same as trash containers and are collected weekly on your regular garbage collection day. Excess yard waste can be put in standard Compost It! bags or as stickered bundles and placed with the wheeled container at the curb.
Compost It! season starts on March 29, 2010. Please contact Metro Waste Authority at 244-0021 or your local city hall to learn more.
