Overland Park, KS Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum frequency
- At least weekly for 40 weeks per year
- Covers
- Grass clippings, leaves, tree and brush trimmings
- Cost
- Included in hauler's basic service charge
- Excess volume
- Hauler may set volume-based rate above base amount
- HOA exception
- Community Interest Groups with their own hauler are exempt
- Enforcer
- City Administrator under Chapter 7.36
Summary
Overland Park requires licensed haulers to collect residential yard waste, meaning grass clippings, leaves, and tree and brush trimmings, at least once a week for a minimum of 40 weeks each year. The cost is folded into the hauler's basic service charge, though the hauler sets the bag or bundle limit included in that base rate.
3. Yard Waste. a. All Yard Waste properly placed for Collection by the Residential Customer shall be collected at least weekly for a minimum of 40 weeks per year. b. The charge for Yard Waste Collection shall be included in the Hauler's basic service charge. The Hauler shall establish the base collection amount for bags/bundles of Yard Waste included under the basic service charge; and the Hauler may enact a volume base rate structure for Yard Waste Collection above this base collection amount in accordance with the County Solid Waste Regulations.
Full Breakdown
270 defines 'Yard Waste' as grass clippings, leaves, and tree and brush trimmings and other organic yard materials, expressly excluding agricultural waste from farm production. 115(A)(3), part of the Required Hauler Services standards that apply on top of the County Solid Waste Regulations, requires every licensed hauler to collect a Residential Customer's properly placed Yard Waste at least weekly for a minimum of 40 weeks per year. That collection is bundled into the hauler's basic service charge: the hauler sets a base amount of bags or bundles covered under that flat rate and may then charge a volume-based rate for anything placed beyond it, consistent with the County Solid Waste Regulations.
170(C) requires that all Solid Waste and Recyclables, apart from composting Yard Waste and Bulky Waste, be removed at least weekly to prevent nuisance conditions, reinforcing the same weekly cycle for ordinary trimmings and clippings. 115(A)(5), a hauler does not have to provide separate Yard Waste collection to a Community Interest Group, such as an HOA or condo association, if that group has already contracted with a different hauler for its own regular Yard Waste pickup, or if the group's own landscaping service handles all lawn and yard work so no collection is needed. 112 before providing any of this service.
Violations & Fines
A hauler that skips the required weekly Yard Waste pickup, drops below the 40-week annual minimum, or overcharges beyond its own published base bag/bundle allowance violates § 7.36.115 and is subject to the chapter's penalty section, § 7.36.220: conviction is a public offense under OPMC § 1.12.010, and the city can also suspend, modify or revoke the hauler's permit under § 7.36.220(B) after a hearing before the Administrator.
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