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Yard Waste

The City of Aurora encourages residents to look for alternatives to bagging yard waste for collection. Residents who wish to reduce or avoid yard waste costs should use mulching mowers, leaf shredders, or backyard compost piles.

For those residents who wish to have their yard waste collected, the City of Aurora offers the following programs.

Yard Waste Collection

Yard waste collection begins the first Monday in April and ends the first Friday in December. Leaves and bagged yard waste end the first friday of December. Yard waste must be placed in a 30 gallon Kraft paper yard waste bag not to exceed 60 pounds and have a waste sticker attached. The stickers used for yard waste are the same as the stickers used for garbage; however, yard waste mixed with garbage or yard waste in a garbage can or plastic bag will not be collected. Yard waste will be collected on the same day as your garbage and must be at the curb by 6am.

Unbundled brush

Unbundled brush collection begins the first Monday in April and ends the first Friday in November. Branches and limbs 1/2 inch to 4 inches in diameter and 2 feet to 4 feet in length can be placed at the curb without a waste sticker. Brush less than 1/2 inch in diameter is considered yard waste and must be placed in a Kraft paper yard waste bag with a waste sticker attached.

Brush must be in neat, manageable piles with the cut side of the limbs facing the street. Brush that is tangled and in unmanageable piles will not be collected. Brush which results from contracted services will not be picked up. It is the responsibility of the contractor to remove and dispose of such material.

Fall Leaf Collection

Each Fall, the City provides an unstickered leaf collection program. This program begins late October. Exact dates will vary from year to year, depending on the weather. Dates will be announced each year in the fall and posted on the City of Aurora News page. Please check the News page for more information.

Leaves must be placed in a 30 gallon Kraft paper yard waste bag and placed at the curb on your regularly scheduled garbage date. A waste sticker will not be required.

Christmas Trees

The City will collect Christmas trees during the first or second week of January (the week of collection will be announced each December). Trees must be free of plastic bags, all decorations (including tinsel) and tree stands, and be placed at the curb on your normal collection day. Due to the wire used to form them, wreaths and garlands will not be collected for recycling and must be stickered as garbage.