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

35 establishes 'a program for the mandatory separation of compostable leaf waste material and yard trimmings from garbage or rubbish,' collected under the Superintendent of Waste Disposal's supervision. 36 defines the collection window as 'four Wednesdays in the month of November and/or such additional days as may be designated by the Superintendent of Waste Disposal,' with the broader 'collection period' running through November and any extra dates the Superintendent adds. 36, a 30-gallon, two-ply, 50-pound wet-strength Kraft paper sack with a reinforced self-supporting bottom. Bags go at the curbside on the designated days so city crews can reach them.

37(B) requires tree brush, twigs and branches to be cut and bound into stacks no more than four feet long and four inches in diameter. 37(C) bars putting compostable leaf waste in plastic trash bags during the collection period and bars mixing it into the regular refuse container. 37(D) lets the Superintendent refuse to collect that resident's leaf waste at his discretion, leaving the resident to remove it from the curb. 38 makes it city property; only authorized city agents may pick it up, and it's hauled to a designated leaf waste composting site, with each unauthorized pickup from a location counted as a separate offense.