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Materials
Procedures
Buying
Bags and Stickers
Price
The Compost It! program recycles yard waste discarded from single-family
and multi-family dwellings. The program is in place from April through
November, weather-dependent.
Acceptable Materials
Compost It! recyclable materials include debris such as:
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Garden waste
- Brush
Materials not accepted by Compost It! include:
- GARBAGE
- Plastic bags
- Plastic flower pots
- Stumps
- Stone
- Concrete
- Building materials or other non-organic waste
Procedures
If your community participates in the Compost It! program, you
can recycle your yard waste by:
- Placing yard waste into Compost It! bags*,
- Placing yard waste into store-brand paper bags (such as Lowe's,
Hy-Vee or Yardmaster) and attaching a Compost It! sticker to each
bag*,
- Or, attaching Compost It! stickers to brush bundles that are
too large to fit in the bags. Bundles of brush must be no more
than 18 inches in diameter and no more than 4 feet long. Bundles
cannot weigh more than 40 pounds. Individual branches in bundles
must be no more than 2 inches in diameter. Each bundle of brush
needs a Compost It! sticker attached to it.
Compost It! yard waste can then be placed at the curb for pick-up
on your areas's scheduled pick-up day or dropped off at the Metro
Park East Landfill with no charge.
Details on Compost It! for your participating community, and yard
waste removal information for non-participating areas are available
by selecting your location from the drop-down list at left.
Buying Bags and Stickers
MWA works with grocery, convenience, and hardware stores in
Des Moines and other participating communities to stock their shelves
with Compost It! bags. Before making a trip to the store, try calling
to see if they have Compost It! bags and stickers in stock. Remember
that the stickers are probably not on the shelves, but are sold
at the customer service area of the larger stores. Compost It! stickers
are also available at city halls in many participating communities.
Price
Compost It! bags are $1.55 each, or $7.75 for a bundle of five.
Compost It! stickers are $1.00 each.
* 40-pound limit per bag
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