The City of Tallahassee

What items are considered yard waste?

Residential customers with limbs or trees larger than the guidelines below need to request a special residential pick up. Commercial customers always need to request a special pick up.

Any of the following items are considered yard waste and can be placed out for pick up.

Grass clippings, leaves, pine straw or shrub trimmings: place these in heavy duty trash bags or small cardboard boxes
Small limbs: stack these no larger than (6) six feet long and (4) four inches in diameter, placed in piles no higher than (4) four feet

Check your yard waste pick up day.

Note: Composting is a great way to turn your yard waste into something useful for your lawn or garden! Also, leaving your yard clippings on your grass acts as a natural fertilizer. It does NOT cause thatching.