Yard Waste Collection

Yard Waste Collection Schedule

Yard Waste is collected twice each month on Wednesdays for households receiving curbside solid waste services.

• Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Routes
  • Collected on the second and fourth Wednesdays each month
• Thursday and Friday Routes
  • Collected on the first and third Wednesdays each month

During months containing five weeks, yard waste will not be collected on the fifth Wednesday.

Yard Waste will not be picked up on the following fifth Wednesdays in 2025:

• October 29
• December 31

Yard Waste Containers

GFL will collect yard waste in paper bags and personal yard waste containers.

Loose leaves and plastic bags will not be collected.

Yard Waste Bags

• 30 gallon paper lawn and leaf bags will be collected
• Please make an attempt to keep them dry so they don't fall apart when they are being collected

Personal Yard Waste Containers

• Containers must be 35 gallons or smaller.
• Containers must not exceed 50 pounds in weight.
• Containers must be labelled "Yard Waste"
• A maximum of 5 containers will be serviced during each visit.
• Uncapped containers must have the ability to drain water.

Yard Waste Preparation

All yard waste items must be bagged or bundled to be picked up by GFL.

• A Maximum of 20 Yard Waste Items will be picked up by GFL on each service visit.
  Any combination of the following:
  • Yard waste paper bags containing grass clippings, leaves, trimmings, and/or twigs.
  • Bundles of sticks and limbs
  • Up to 5 reusable 35-gallon containers
• Loose-leaf vacuum pickup is not a service provided by the town or GFL - all leaves must be bagged or put in reusable 35-gallon containers.
• Please do not place any yard waste in your trash or recycling carts.
• Bags or cans with dirt, wood chips, stumps, lumber, bricks, blocks, rocks, planters, or any inorganic material will not be collected
• Please have your yard waste items at the curb no later than 7 a.m. on your designated yard waste days.

Sticks and Tree Limbs

• All tree limbs must be cut down to less than four feet in length and tied into bundles.

Commercial Services

Only yard waste produced by residents maintaining their own property will be picked up by GFL.

If commercial landscapers do yard work at your home, they are responsible for hauling the yard waste that they generate.

• Additional yard waste disposal options

Contracted Leaf Collection

The Town of Morrisville's Public Works Department contracts with GFL to collect bagged leaves and bundled sticks as part of the solid waste program. The Town has conducted comparison studies for contracted versus in-house leaf collection. In-house costs for the vacuum truck, additional staffing, equipment maintenance, and dump fees are much higher than the current contracted service. Currently, each household pays $1.55 per month for both leaf collection and yard waste removal by GFL. The comparison studies concluded that current contracted services are more efficient and cost-effective for the Town and residents.

Composting

If you are interested in composting yard waste or other matter, you can purchase a discounted compost bin from the Wake County Compost Bin Program.