How do I dispose of plants?

Find out how to properly dispose of plants (and why) by hovering over the images below.

Grass Cuttings

Green Waste

Please do not bag grass cuttings or other green waste.

Leaves

Green Waste

Please do not bag leaves or other green waste.

Twigs & Small Branches

Green Waste

All content must fit within your green waste container with the lids closed.

Tree Bark

Green Waste

Tree bark must be free of any dirt. All content must fit within your green waste container with the lids closed.

Flowers

Green Waste

Please do not bag flowers or other green waste.

Ivy

Green Waste

Please do not bag flowers or other green waste.

Non-Fibrous Plants

Green Waste

Please do not bag plants or other green waste. *Fibrous plants are NOT allowed (palms, succulents, agave, bamboo pampas grass, etc.)*

Wooden Corks

Green Waste

Please do not bag plants or other green waste. *Plastic corks are NOT allowed.*

Palm Fronds

Trash

Palms and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.

Eucalyptus

Trash

Eucalyptus is considered "poisonous vegetation", so it is not allowed with other green waste. Please place these plants in your trash container.

Oleander

Trash

Oleander is considered "poisonous vegetation", so it is not allowed with other green waste. Please place these plants in your trash container.

Succulents

Trash

Succulents and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container.

Ice Plant

Trash

Ice plant is a type of succulent, and it is too strong for our green waste grinders, so it can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container.

Bird of Paradise

Trash

Bird of Paradise and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.

Agave

Trash

Agave and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.

Cacti

Trash

Cacti and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container.

Yucca

Trash

Yucca and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.

Castor Bean

Trash

Castor Bean plants are poisonous, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.

Bamboo

Trash

Bamboo and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.

Pampas Grass

Trash

Pampas Grass and other fibrous plants are too strong for our green waste grinders, so they can not be collected with other green waste to be mulched. Please place these plants in your trash container. All contents of your container must fit inside with the lid closed.