Greenwich, CT Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Chapter 9, Article 2 (Litter), adopted by the Representative Town Meeting on September 20, 2010, defines yard waste in § 9-12(10) as branches, brush, leaves, grass clippings, sod, crops, mulch and wood chips. The same section defines landscape debris as yard waste that has piled up into a hazard, but carves out an exception during the fall for leaves placed alongside streets contiguous to a resident's property for pickup as the Town designates, meaning curbside leaf collection is built into the litter definition rather than banned as illegal accumulation.

Section 9-20(a) requires every property owner to keep the premises free of litter generally, but § 9-20(b) specifically protects the on-site storage of wood and the recycling of yard waste, so long as the pile does not become a nuisance to a neighbor's property or a public place. Residents who instead choose to self-haul yard waste to the Town disposal area fall under § 9-5, where non-passenger vehicles carrying yard waste are weighed and charged under a fee schedule the Board of Selectmen sets after consulting the Commissioner of Public Works.

Because yard waste is grouped with litter in Article 2, a pile that does become a nuisance or blocks a sidewalk can also trigger the Article's general litter provisions and its penalty clause.