Stratford, CT Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Section 182-5(A)(2) is the yard-waste collection rule in Chapter 182. It sits under the container requirement in subsection A, which requires the owner of each premises to provide sufficient receptacles for solid waste between collections. For brush the rule is a bundling rule: trimmings tied in bundles of not over four feet in length, each bundle capable of being handled by one man. The last sentence is a flat refusal: no loose material will be collected by the Town. Brush left loose at the curb in the Town of Stratford is not collected.

The code prints no limit on the number of bundles and no weight limit for brush bundles. By comparison, the cartons rule just above it in § 182-5(A)(1) caps bundles at 50 pounds, and § 182-5(A) caps a filled receptacle at 75 pounds.

Other sections of Chapter 182 shape how yard debris is handled. Section 182-6(A)(1) bars placing solid waste in any street, alley or other public place, or on any private property, except in proper containers or otherwise properly prepared for collection, unless the Director of Public Works gives express approval. Section 182-6(B) bars depositing waste where the elements can carry it into a street, sidewalk or alley. Section 182-6(H) prohibits the burning of acceptable solid waste or other waste except as approved by the Director of Public Works. Land clearing debris is treated differently: § 182-2 defines bulky solid waste as including land clearing debris, and § 182-4(B) requires bulky solid waste to be delivered separately to the disposal facility.

Chapter 133 lists yard clippings within its definition of rubbish, so clippings dumped on streets, in parks or on vacant lots fall under the litter rules. Section 133-4(B) refers to the Town of Stratford's Bulk Leaf Pickup Program, but the Town Code sections read for this page do not print the program's terms, so dates and bagging instructions come from Public Works.