Residential Yard Waste Collection Service
The City of Bristol offers a curbside yard waste collection service for an annual fee, currently $85.00 for the season. Renewal information is sent to subscribers once the annual fee is set by the Board of Public Works. If you choose not renew your service, please contact Public Works at 860-584-6125 and arrange for us to collect your yard waste barrel.
2011 Yard Waste collection begins the week of April 11, 2011 and ends the week of November 18, 2011.
** Yard Waste service has been extended to the week of December 12, 2011 **
Paid subscribers will receive a sticker that must be adhered to the barrel. Barrels that do not have a sticker will not be emptied. Lost/misplaced stickers will only be available for a $25.00 replacement fee.
Subscribers receive a 95 gallon green yard waste container. Yard Waste Collection is weekly (usually two days after your regular rubbish collection day) from mid-April through mid-November.
Green Yard Waste Barrel
If your yard waste collection day falls on a holiday, your yard waste barrel will be emptied the next working day. The remainder of the week's schedule will not change.
Acceptable yard waste consists of grass clippings, leaves, woodchips, and small twigs no thicker than 1 inch and no longer than 12 inches. All yard waste must be placed in the provided yard waste container in such a manner that the material will freely exit the container when it is inverted. No dirt, sod, rubbish, rocks, sand, or other foreign materials are allowed. Barrels weighing in excess of 300 lbs. will not be emptied. No bagged yard waste or yard waste in regular rubbish barrels will be collected as part of your service.
Proper curbside placement of yard waste containers is critical for curbside collection. Barrels must be spaced a minimum of five (5’) feet apart. Please have barrels curbside by 6:00 AM on your collection day.
Contact the Public Works Department at 584-6125 for further information or click here 
to email us.
Links with helpful information about composting as an alternative way to manage yard waste:
US EPA Composting Link
CT DEP Composting Video
CT DEP Composting Information
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