Why do grass clippings and yard waste have to be in biodegradable paper bags?
Yard waste includes leaves, shrub trimmings, small tree limbs and grass clippings. Title 17 requires these waste items be placed in biodegradable paper bags of not more than 33-gallon capacity. These bags may be purchased at local retailers throughout our City. Yard waste placed in biodegradable paper bags becomes a non-contaminated, recyclable product. Plastic bags contaminate yard waste, as plastic does not decompose. When customers use biodegradable paper bags, we can mix the collected product with brush to create a base for our City Streets Department compost operations.
