Puyallup, WA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

170 defines 'yard waste' as leaves, brush, tree trimmings, grass clippings, weeds, shrubs, garden waste, and other compostable organic materials resulting from landscape maintenance, with a hard size limit on woody material: branches or roots must be smaller than four inches in diameter and shorter than four feet in length. The same section excludes stumps, demolition wood, large amounts of dirt, rocks, glass, plastics, metal, concrete, sheet rock, asphalt, food, or any other nonorganic land-clearing debris, so oversized branches or construction debris can't go in the yard waste stream.

190 sets the service level: biweekly curbside yard waste collection to city customers on the same week as recycling service, offered on a year-round basis, not just in growing season. 200 requires the contractor to take yard waste to a fully licensed compost site; using an unlicensed site or any alternate disposal method requires review by the city council, so the contractor can't simply dump collected yard debris. 210, as part of its contract obligations to the city. Because this is a contracted curbside program rather than a drop-off system, residents outside the standard collection route or without a yard waste cart should contact the hauler directly to get service, since the chapter doesn't describe an alternative self-haul option for yard debris specifically.