Montgomery, AL Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Sec. 25-35(c) draws the line for residential yard debris directly into the regular trash rules: everything placed for collection has to go in 30-gallon containers or bags tied at the top and set behind the curb, except limbs and hedge cuttings under four feet long and under eight inches in diameter, which the section exempts from that container requirement. 00 per load. Regular yard debris rides on the same base frequency as household rubbish: Sec. 25-33 sets rubbish, leaves, grass, straw and shrubbery trimmings for once-a-week collection in residential areas, distinct from the at-least-twice-weekly garbage schedule.

Because that once-a-week rubbish route and the container rules in Sec. 25-35(c) both fall under the same 'subject to change due to legal holidays or weather conditions' language, a homeowner's yard-waste day can move around a holiday exactly like garbage day does. Residents pruning hedges or trimming shrubs stay inside the free weekly rubbish route as long as the cuttings are bagged and under the four-foot, eight-inch cutoff; anything past that needs the paid special pickup instead of curbside placement.