Sioux City, IA Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Sioux City's yard-waste program is governed by Municipal Code Chapter 5.20 and operated by Gill Hauling on the regular weekly garbage route - yard waste does not run on a separate truck. Container/bag requirements: 35-gallon biodegradable paper bags ONLY (the brown kraft yard-waste bags sold at hardware stores). Plastic bags are explicitly prohibited - they contaminate the compost stream and are not biodegradable in the timeline required for municipal composting. Tree limbs and branches up to 2 inches in diameter and not longer than 4 feet may be loosely placed in your garbage container for pickup, or bundled in lengths under 4 feet tied with compostable material (twine, sisal, or natural fiber - no wire or plastic ties). Larger branches (over 2 inches in diameter or over 4 feet long) must be hauled to the Citizen's Convenience Center at 5800 28th Street (712-255-8345) for a fee ($28 minimum up to 600 lbs, $64/ton above). Christmas trees: sawed to under 4 feet are collected during the first full week of January on the regular garbage day; tinsel, lights, decorations, and stand must be removed. Accepted yard waste includes grass clippings, leaves, hedge trimmings, small branches, garden plants, and other organic landscape material. State law backstop: Iowa Code §455D.9 bans yard waste from landfill disposal (the underlying reason Sioux City separates yard waste from regular garbage even though both run on the same truck). Authority: Chapter 5.20 (Sioux City Municipal Code); Iowa Code Chapter 455D (Waste Volume Reduction).