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ADVISORY: DNREC's Polly Drummond Hill Road Yard Waste Demonstration Site is CLOSED from Jan. 15. The site is tentatively scheduled to reopen on April 7, at which time it will be open on Saturdays and Sundays ONLY from 8 a.m. to sunset. The site free to all Delaware residents to drop off yard waste from their own property ONLY. Please see the "Yard waste drop-off options" link below for a list of alternatives to the Polly Drummond site. Note also that all alternative sites charge a fee for accepting yard waste.
What is yard waste? It’s plant material that comes from lawn maintenance and other gardening and landscaping activities. This includes:
- Grass clippings
- Leaves
- Prunings
- Brush and shrubbery
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- Garden materials
- Christmas trees
- Tree limbs up to 4" in diameter
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Related links
Yard waste drop-off options
Yard waste collection options
Composting information
Homeowner yard waste options
2010 Yard waste demonstration drop-off site report
2009 Yard waste demonstration drop-off site report
Presentation for Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site public meetings relating to House Bill 525
The Delaware yard waste ban explained
DNREC community yard waste demonstration sites
Senate Joint Resolution 2/Senate Amendment 1
Senate Joint Resolution 2 Final Report
Cherry Island Landfill permit condition
DNREC yard waste presentation schedule
DNREC yard waste presentation (Power Point)
2005 Yard Waste Management Committe's Consensus Points
DNREC's main recycling webpage
