Due to the cooler temperatures and requests from residents, Groot’s spring yard waste collection in Aurora, initially scheduled for the first two weeks in April, has been moved to the last two weeks of the month.
The free spring yard waste collection will now begin on Monday, April 18, and end on Friday, April 29, Aurora officials said in a press release Tuesday. During those two weeks, residents do not have to use waste stickers to dispose of yard waste. Yard waste must be placed in a 30-gallon recyclable paper bag and not exceed 60 pounds, officials said. Yard waste mixed with garbage or yard waste in a garbage can or plastic bag will not be collected.
Beginning Monday, May 2, a waste sticker, which is the same one used for excess garbage, must be attached to the bag, according to the release.
The free bundled brush collection program also begins on Monday, April 18, in Aurora and runs through Friday, Nov. 4. No waste stickers are required for this collection.
Branches and limbs that are half-inch to 4 inches in diameter and 2 to 4 feet in length must be bundled and tied, according to the release. The bundled brush should be placed at the curb in neat, manageable piles with the cut side of the limbs facing the street, city officials said.
Branches and limbs less than a half-inch in diameter are considered yard waste. Brush that is not bundled and tied will not be collected, according to officials. In addition, brush resulting from commercial tree trimming, which should be removed by the contractor, will also not be collected.
Both yard waste and bundled brush collection will take place on the regular garbage collection day with items placed at the curb by 6 a.m. that morning.
