Yard Waste

The City of Aurora encourages residents to look for alternatives to bagging yard waste for collection. Residents who wish to reduce or avoid yard waste costs should use mulching mowers, leaf shredders, or backyard compost piles. For those residents who wish to have their yard waste collected, the City of Aurora offers the following programs.

Yard Waste and Brush Pick Up Dates

  • Free yard waste pick up April 7th through April 20th

  • Free brush pick up April 7th through November 7th

  • Free leaf pick up October 20th through December 5th 

  • Brush pick up (with sticker) November 10th through December 5th 

2025 Spring Yard Waste Collection

The 2025 Spring Yard Waste Collection Program begins the week of March 31.

For the first week of the program, all yard waste bags must have stickers. Between April 7 and April 20, though, no stickers will be required for all yard waste bags.

Yard waste must be placed in a 30-gallon recyclable paper bag and must not exceed 60 pounds. Yard waste mixed with garbage or yard waste in a garbage can or plastic bag will not be collected.

On Monday, April 21, a waste sticker will once again be required for yard waste bag collection.

Yard Waste Collection

Yard waste collection begins the first Monday in April and ends the first Friday in December. Yard waste must be placed in a 30-gallon Kraft paper yard waste bag not to exceed 50 pounds and have a waste sticker attached. The stickers used for yard waste are the same as the stickers used for excess garbage. Yard waste mixed with trash or yard waste in a trash can or plastic bag will not be collected. Yard waste will be collected on the same day as your trash and must be at the curb by 6 a.m.

Bundled Brush

Unlimited bundled brush collection begins the first Monday in April and ends the first Friday in November. Branches and limbs 1/2 inch to 4 inches in diameter and 2 feet to 4 feet in length must be bundled. Each bundle must weigh less than 50 pounds. Bundled brush can be placed at the curb without a waste sticker. Brush less than 1/2 inch in diameter is considered yard waste and must be placed in a Kraft paper yard waste bag with a waste sticker attached.

Spring & Fall Leaf Collection

Each year, Groot collects yard waste bags containing leaves for 2 weeks in the Spring and 6 weeks in the Fall without requiring a sticker. Exact dates will vary from year to year, depending on the weather. Dates will be announced each year in the Spring and Fall. Leaves must be placed in a 30-gallon Kraft paper yard waste bag and placed at the curb on your regularly scheduled garbage date

Christmas Trees

Groot will collect Christmas trees during the first and second full weeks of January. Trees must be free of plastic bags, all decorations (including tinsel) and tree stands, and be placed at the curb on your normal collection day. Due to the wire used to form them, wreaths and garlands will not be collected as recycling and must be stickered as trash.

 

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