For release: March 18, 2009
(Troy, MI) – Yard
waste pick-up will resume in Troy beginning the week of April 6 and continue weekly through December 18. Troy homeowners can place their yard waste
out on their regular weekly refuse pickup day.
Soft yard waste
(grass clippings, leaves, pencil-sized twigs) may be placed in large brown
paper yard waste bags, or in 35-gallon (maximum) trash containers. Containers must have a yard waste sticker
placed where it is visible, facing the road. Stickers are available at the City Clerk's
Office and Community Affairs Department at City Hall, Community Center, Library
and the Department of Public Works office on Rochester Road.
For “non-soft” yard waste such as brush or branches that are less than two inches in diameter and less than three-feet long, residents need to bundle and tie them before placing curbside. Bundles have to weigh less than 60 pounds, and it is suggested that no more than five bundles per week be placed at the curb. Per state regulations, the bundles are considered yard waste, not trash, and will be picked up with the yard waste bags.
Questions can be
directed to the Department of Public Works at 248.524.3399 or visit the City of
Troy website at www.troymi.gov/refuseandrecycling.
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