Yard Waste
Along with regular curbside trash and recycling pickup, Belmont offers yard waste pickup from April to mid-December. Yard waste pickup will begin the week of April 7, 2025, and will be picked up every other week on your recycle day. Starting October 27 and until December 11, 2025, yard waste will be picked up every week on your trash day. As with all curbside trash and recycle pickup, yard waste must be out before 7am to guarantee pickup.
*The high volume of yard waste collected during the period that it is picked up every week (between October 27 and December 11) can lead to delays in pickup. If your yard waste is missed on the scheduled day, please leave it out and notify the DPW by calling 617-993-2680. Thank you*
Packaging
Yard waste must be placed in 32 gallon barrels properly labeled with 2 yard waste stickers or 30 gallon biodegradable paper bags, not weighing more than 50 pounds. Yard waste stickers are free and available at the DPW office and the Town Clerk's office.
Acceptable as Yard Waste
- Leaves, twigs, grass, weeds, flowers, plants, hedge and shrub pruning's less than 3' long and 1" or less in diameter, and other kinds of easily raked yard waste.
Not Acceptable as Yard Waste
- No food scraps, animal waste, trash of any kind, soil, or plastic bags. No tree limbs or branches greater than 3' long and 1" in diameter. No rocks or mulch.
Yard waste contaminated with unacceptable items will not be picked up.