Cumberland County has no yard-waste ordinance, but Maine DEP solid-waste rules and 38 M.R.S. ch. 24 ban leaves and yard waste from landfill disposal. Residents must compost on-site, drop off at a registered facility, or use municipal collection where offered.
Yard waste — defined as grass clippings, leaves, and brush — is on Maine DEP's landfill-ban list under the solid waste management hierarchy of 38 M.R.S. § 2101, which places composting ahead of land disposal. Most Cumberland County municipalities run leaf-collection programs each fall and direct brush to a registered compost facility (Maine DEP lists 91+ registered yard-waste compost sites statewide). Open burning of leaves and brush requires a burn permit from the local fire warden under 12 M.R.S. § 9324 and is restricted on Class III/IV burn-day classifications by the Maine Forest Service. Within the 250-ft shoreland zone created by the Shoreland Zoning Act (38 M.R.S. § 435 et seq.) — which covers much of Casco Bay, Sebago Lake, and the Presumpscot River corridor — municipal shoreland ordinances restrict vegetation removal and may require specific brush-disposal practices.
Disposal of yard waste at a non-permitted facility or in a landfill violates DEP solid waste rules under 38 M.R.S. ch. 24 (administrative penalties up to $25,000/day under § 349). Roadside dumping is littering under 17 M.R.S. § 2263-A. Open burning without a permit is a civil violation under 12 M.R.S. § 9324 with fines up to $1,000.
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