Clark County encourages backyard composting and runs free workshops, We Compost community food-waste hubs, and a Composter Recycler program. Optional every-other-week curbside yard-debris carts are offered by Waste Connections to single-family homes; curbside food-waste organics collection is limited to Vancouver and Ridgefield city limits.
Clark County has no ordinance restricting home composting; instead it promotes it through Green Neighbors workshops on backyard and worm-bin composting and 13 We Compost drop-off hubs served by Waste Connections. Residential yard-debris service is an optional program available to single-family, multi-family, and commercial customers on an every-other-week basis. Curbside organics (food waste) pickup currently exists only within Vancouver and Ridgefield city limits.
No penalties for backyard composting. Nuisance rules still apply if a compost pile creates odor, attracts vermin, or becomes a public nuisance under CCC Title 9.
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