Residential Yard Waste
Yard Waste Pick Up
Due to staffing shortages, we have temporarily suspended new yard waste service signups for the 2023 season. Please check back with us next season.
Season dates are subject to change depending on the weather Minnesota state law prohibits mixing brush, tree or yard waste with your household garbage.
2023 Season Dates: April 10 – November 17
In select cities, ACE provides a convenient wheeled yard waste cart for customers on our seasonal yard waste program. The wheeled cart is similar to a standard refuse container but it features a green lid and labeling to identify it as yard waste only. ACE provides curbside automated collection service using special trucks that have an automated arm. The driver of the truck uses the arm to lift the yard waste container and empties it in the truck. You must be an ACE garbage customer to receive this service.
- Always use and fill the yard waste cart. The yard waste cart is always needed street side to lift any bags/bundles into the truck. Do not just set out bags/bundles.
- Simply place the loose yard waste in the cart. Yard waste material should not over extend above the lid opening.
- Acceptable yard waste includes grass, leaves, brush/branches less than 6 inch diameter, and garden waste, including pumpkins.
- Not accepted - sod, dirt, mulch, tree stumps, rock, lumber, treated wood, straw
- Have items that won't fit in the cart? Any acceptable yard waste, such as branches, corn stalks, tall ornamental grasses, etc. should be cut in lengths no more than 4 feet long and bundled no more than 18 inches in diameter and placed at least 3 feet from the yard waste cart at the curb.
- Is your cart full? If staffing allows, we will allow up to a combined total of up to 10 additional bags/bundles of yard waste. Bags must be compostable and weigh no more than 30 lbs.
Simply place the additional bags/bundles 3 feet from the yard waste cart at the curb. - Plastic bags are prohibited by state law and will not be accepted.
- To find retailers and identify the compostable logo to ensure bags are acceptable, visit www.bpiworld.org/BPI-Public/Program.html
- Service is automatically routed for weekly collection. To ensure collection, have the cart street side by 6:00 am on service day. Route times may vary due to high volume peaks.
- For our drivers safety, additional yard waste in personal containers is not accepted.
- Additional containers for yard waste are available for an additional annual fee.
- Customers with a yard waste cart are asked to keep the cart in the off season to avoid a delivery fee. They make a great storage container for garden hoses, sprinklers and other lawn care items!
- Seasonal Yard Waste Service is billed once annually for your convenience.
- Annual commitment is required.
| Communities Available | ||
|---|---|---|
| Andover | Lexington | Ramsey |
| Anoka | Lino Lakes | Rogers |
| Arden Hills | Maple Grove | Shoreview |
| Brooklyn Park | Mounds View | Spring Lake Park |
| Coon Rapids | New Brighton | Crystal |
| Fridley | Otsego | |
| Golden Valley | New Hope | |
