Springdale, AR Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Springdale's yard-waste rules were restructured when the City transitioned haulers on December 1, 2023: 'For residents who purchase stickers for yard waste services, stickers will no longer be available. Instead, CARDS will offer an optional municipal yard waste cart.' The new model is an opt-in monthly subscription for an additional yard-waste cart (call CARDS at 479-435-9061 or email cityofspringdale@cardsrecycling.com for the current cart fee and availability), set out on the same weekly route as regular trash. Key operational rules: bagged yard waste is NOT collected - the City published trash-schedule guidance explicitly lists 'bagged yard waste' under prohibited items at the curb. Tree cuttings must be unbagged and no longer than 5 feet to allow workers and the truck arm to handle them safely. Grass clippings, leaves, and small garden trimmings should go in the optional yard-waste cart; raking leaves into the street or alley is separately prohibited as a Chapter 42 nuisance and as littering under A.C.A. §8-6-406. Owners or occupants are explicitly forbidden from leaving 'leaves, grass clippings and bulky waste' on streets or sidewalks - this rule was clarified in the 2018 lawn-care ordinance update. Larger storm-cleanup volumes (downed trees, major limb work) go through the City's Bulky Waste Pick-Up Program (Public Works, 479-750-8114) which specifically accepts large tree limbs as one of the listed bulky categories - residents schedule one of their two annual bulky pickups. Open burning of yard waste within Springdale city limits is restricted by Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment (ADEQ) Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 18 and the Springdale Fire Marshal; routine residential burning is generally prohibited.