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What are homeowners’ options for managing yard waste since the northern New Castle County ban went into effect?
- You can also arrange to have someone else manage your yard waste by either hiring a landscaper or making arrangements to have your waste hauler remove your yard waste.
- Develop a community-wide solution by creating your town or community’s own yard waste site. (DNREC's Fiscal Year 2008 Recycling Grant Program is closed, as no funding is currently available.)
More questions answered about your yard waste
Q. If I cannot manage the material myself, how can I find someone to pick it up?
A. Contact your trash hauler. If your hauler will not provide the service, contact other haulers or landscaping companies to find out who will pick up your material and at what price. Newspaper classified advertisements and the Yellow Pages also list similar services. These companies want your business, so you should be able to do some comparison shopping.
Q. How must I prepare the materials for pickup?
A. Just as trash haulers have different requirements for how you set out your trash, your yard trimmings collector will set the requirements for how this material should be set out. The details of collection (method, frequency, cost, etc.) are business decisions that each hauler and landscaping company must make.
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Q. How much will it cost to have my yard trimmings picked up?
A. It is impossible to know what the exact cost will be for each household but costs have been estimated to be between $3 and $7 per month. Private companies might charge more or less than that amount.The Delaware Solid Waste Authority now offers a "Buck-a-Bag" program for yard waste - for more information visit DWSA's web site http://dswa.com/.
Q. Where will yard waste go for processing?
A. There is substantial private sector interest in establishing facilities to process yard trimmings into marketable products such as compost and mulch. Several businesses, including Delaware Solid Waste Authority will provide facilities, to accept and manage the yard waste.
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Would you like to schedule a yard waste presentation by DNREC or Delaware Solid Waste Authoirty (DSWA)? Contact Lynette Lee of the Division of Air & Waste Management at 302-739-9403 and or Mike Parkowski of DSWA at 800-404-7080 to schedule a presentation.
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