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  • Send Your Grass Back To Its Roots

  • What’s the law?

    Effective October 1, 1998, Connecticut state law says grass clippings may not be burned in any waste-to-energy plant, nor buried in any landfill.
    The Town collector will NOT pick up grass clippings with garbage, yard waste or leaves! The Town cannot accept grass clippings at the Transfer Station to be put with the garbage.
    The Town cannot accept grass clippings at the Transfer Station to be put with bulky waste.

    So, what should you do with grass clippings?

    • Leave them on the lawn. They will decompose and act as a natural organic fertilizer.
    • Put them in your home compost pile. Mix them in with leaves while the clippings are fresh, and both leaves and clippings will benefit.
    • Don’t try to compost a pile of straight clippings, or it will get anaerobic and smelly!
    • Use dried clippings as mulch. Dried clippings about an inch thick can reduce weeds, moderate soil temperature, and control erosion caused by soil spattering.
    • Dig fresh clippings directly into garden soil. This adds nutrients and organic matter which improves the texture and moisture retention abilities of the soil.
    • Or, you can take clippings to Greencycle/Grillo Organic, 1183 Oronoque Road, Milford for $7.50/cubic yard, or $1.00 per bag, no plastic bags (please empty) paper is acceptable. Call 203-877-5070 for more information.*
      (The Town cannot recommend this, or any other company. If you know of other facilities that should be added to this list, contact the Solid Waste and Recycling Department at 203-315-0622)

    Never place grass clippings in our near storm drains, wetlands, or watercourses!
    Remember that fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides from your lawn can run off during storms and harm groundwater, wetlands,and watercourses. Leaving grass clippings on your lawn to act as a natural fertilizer reduces the amount of pollutants that can poison our water, flowers, and wildlife.

  • Yard Waste

  • Best choice for weeds, dead plants, small trimmings, crab apples, pine cones or other garden debris is to compost them at home
    You can take it to the Transfer Station, or put yard waste other than grass or leaves out with your garbage on your regular weekly collection day. Use plastic bags, place loose in a can, and break down fallen branches and twigs to 3 foot bundles, tied with string or rope.
    Leaves are collected only in the Spring and Fall. You can always bring your leaves to the Transfer Station