YARD WASTE SITE
15 SOUTH SMITH STREET
HOURS OF OPERATION:
2016 YARD WASTE COLLECTION SCHEDULE
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Residents of the 4 Taxing District MUST have their Yard Waste curbside on
the MONDAY of the scheduled week of pickup, as the truck will pass by only
once during that week. Once the truck passes it will NOT return until the 2nd
scheduled collection (Fall ONLY). Yard Waste pickup schedule is as follows:
May 2 - 6:
May 9 - 13:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday routes
Thursday and Friday routes
November 7 - 11:
November 14 - 18:
Nov 28 - Dec 2:
December 5 - 9:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday routes
Thursday and Friday routes
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday routes
Thursday and Friday routes
2016 YARD WASTE COLLECTION GUIDELINES
Leaves, brush and grass clippings are on Connecticut’s list of mandatory
recycling items. DO NOT MIX THESE ITEMS WITH GARBAGE. The City of
Norwalk encourages you to compost at home and mulch your grass clippings
into your lawn. Yard waste collection guidelines are as follows:
1. Curbside by 6 AM on the MONDAY of your listed yard waste
collection week.
2. Yard waste will be collected ONLY in brown paper leaf bags, garbage cans
with no lids, or open-top cardboard boxes.
3. Plastic bags, loose piles of brush and leaves, rocks, soil, and sand WILL
NOT BE COLLECTED.
4. Brush must be less than 4 feet in length and 6 inches or less in diameter.
It must be tied up in bundles, no heavier than 50 lbs.
5. There is a 25-pound weight limit for bags and a 50-pound limit for cans –
Please do not overload bags and cans.
6. Logs and stumps WILL NOT BE COLLECTED. They can be brought to
the yard waste site located at 15 South Smith Street.
7. If you believe you are missed for a yard waste pickup, please call
Customer Service on Monday of the following week.
Winter (December 21, 2015 to April 2, 2016)
Wednesday: 7:30 AM – 3:00PM
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED
CLOSED for the season and Site will be open on Wednesdays subject
to weather and at the discretion of the Department of Public Works.
Spring/Summer/Fall (April 4, 2016 to Dec. 23, 2016)
Monday – Friday:
7:30AM – 3:00PM
Saturday:
7:30AM – 2:00PM
Sunday:
CLOSED
Scale Closed For Lunch: Approx. 12:00PM – 12:30PM (M-F)
Drop-off Site Guidelines
1. Yard waste may be brought loose or bagged
2. All containers - except brown paper leaf bags – MUST BE EMPTIED AND
REMOVED.
3. All passenger vehicles must display a Norwalk Resident Pass.
4. Trucks, pickups, vans, and vehicles pulling trailers require a residential
permit or commercial disposal license and registration for regular use of
the transfer station or yard waste site. Trucks, pickups, vans and
vehicles with trailers will be weighed at all times. For residents there is
a minimum charge of $20 for each use if the vehicle has no residential
permit; Please see the DPW Fee Schedule for Leaves, Brush, Logs and
Stumps.
5. Residential permit and Commercial license/registration applications are
available at the Transfer Station, 61 Crescent Street, Norwalk.
6. Anyone caught dumping without proper permits or when the Site is closed,
will be fined and may lose dumping privileges.
2017 Christmas Tree Collection
NO PLASTIC BAGS OR DECORATIONS.
1. Trees will be collected twice during the month of January 2017, the weeks
of January 9 – 13 and January 23 – 27.
2. Have trees curbside by 6 AM on the MONDAY of the above collection
weeks.
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3. Yard Waste Site will be open Monday January 9, 2017 – Saturday Jan 14
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and Monday January 23, 2017 – Saturday Jan 28 .
For further information, please call Customer Service at
(203) 854-3200 or visit www.norwalkct.org