Vestavia Hills, AL Trash & Recycling: Yard Waste Collection (2026)

Section 14-31(4) of the Code of Ordinances lists what the sanitation contractor will haul as yard-related trash and sets size limits for each category. Scrap lumber, plaster, roofing, bricks, sanding dust and similar building debris must be containerized, with each container capped at 50 pounds. Tree limbs cannot exceed four feet in length or 50 pounds in weight, and tree stumps are capped at 50 pounds as well. Limbs have to be separated from vines, and both must be kept separate from other trash such as leaves and grass clippings.

Reasonable amounts of these items go out with regular collection, but subsection (4) warns that excessive quantities trigger the extra-trip fee set in Sec. 14-32(c), rather than free pickup. Leaves get their own seasonal rule under subsection (12): the city's leaf machine operates only from October 1 through December 31 each year, and cannot run during extremely wet or freezing weather, so residents outside that window, or during a weather shutdown, must bag leaves and grass cuttings in covered containers or plastic bags to have them picked up on the regular scheduled trash route instead of by the machine.

General placement rules from subsection (5) also apply to yard waste: everything must sit within five feet of the curbline and never in the street or gutter.