Blue Hill, NE Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Blue Hill Municipal Code § 7-501 defines 'yard waste' narrowly as leaves, grass clippings, sticks, branches and tree limbs, distinct from ordinary household garbage and trash. Unlike bagged household refuse, yard waste is not part of the city's weekly curbside pickup: § 7-503(B) directs the city's solid-waste contractor to collect non-hazardous refuse, rubbish, garbage and junk once a week but expressly excludes yard waste, along with lead-acid batteries, waste oil, tires and appliances, from that weekly run. That leaves yard waste squarely under the resident-responsibility rule in § 7-502, which makes it unlawful to let yard waste, garbage, trash or waste of any kind accumulate in, on or about a dwelling, building or any other property in the city, and separately bars throwing or sweeping yard waste, dirt, paper, glass or refuse into the streets, alleys, parks or other public grounds.

Once the mayor, acting for the Board of Health, notifies a property owner that yard waste has piled up, the owner has 24 hours to properly dispose of it. Because there is no city brush-collection route for it, residents typically arrange their own hauling or composting for leaves, clippings, sticks, branches and limbs, and only bagged garbage, trash and junk go out for the contractor's weekly pickup described in Article 5. Nothing in Chapter 7 authorizes burning yard waste as an alternative; open burning is separately regulated under Chapter 8's fire regulations.