Residential Green Waste Program

Recology Vacaville Solano Green Waste Cart

Green waste collection is provided to customers that reside within the city limits of Vacaville. Customers that reside within Vacaville city limits receive one 96 gallon green waste cart.

Green waste is used in a number of recycling processes, such as composting. Green waste recycling produces rich compost which can be used by local residents and farmers, rather than going to waste in a landfill.

Please do not exceed weight limits. Our trucks can not lift more than 200 pounds. Place all carts at the curb by 6:00 A.M. on your collection day with the handles toward the curb, the lid completely closed and at least 5 feet of space between the carts.

Please contact us for more information.

Acceptable Green Waste Materials Only place green waste materials into your green container!
Accepted Yard Waste Bread Grass clippings Kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps Leaves Tree and shrub prunings Weeds	Important Green Waste Notes! Plastic bags must not be placed inside your green cart. Tree and shrub prunings must be cut small enough to fit inside the cart with the lid completely closed. Extra tree and shrub prunings may be placed in 32 gallon cans with lids and handles or bundled no larger than 2'x3', using twine (no wire), then placed next to the green cart on your collection day. Please, do not place items on top of the cart.

Unacceptable Green Waste Materials Please do not place the following materials into your green container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt, asphalt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Garbage Un-recyclable items	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, used syringes Organic Material Animal feces or manure, painted or treated lumber, plywood or particle board Recyclable Material Recyclable glass, metal, paper and plastic

Free Compost

Vacaville residents may bring their shovels and load up on free compost at the Hay Road Landfill between April 1st and October 1st, weather permitting.

You must be a Vacaville resident to quality for free compost. A garbage bill, home phone bill, or any other document that proves residency, is sufficient. Don't forget to bring these documents to the scale house with you when you come to pickup your compost.

Customers are entitled to up to three yards per visit and one visit per day. Supplies are limited, so come early!

Please contact us for more information.