West Palm Beach Residents Eligible For Free Vegetation Pickup Service May 3-14

From City of West Palm Beach:

February 16, 2021

In preparation for the 2021 hurricane season which begins on June 1, the City of West Palm Beach is offering FREE vegetation pickup during Vegetation Amnesty Weeks, which will occur May 3-14, 2021. The annual amnesty period allows residential customers to place large or unlimited amounts of vegetation waste for pickup at no charge (service charge is waived during this time). The result is a comprehensive, citywide cleanup effort of yard debris in preparation for hurricane season. The pickups will occur during a resident’s regularly scheduled yard waste pickup days.

Vegetation includes grass clippings, leaves, tree and shrubbery cuttings or trimmings, broken or cut tree limbs and logs and other vegetation incidental to the care of lawns and gardens.

To take advantage of Vegetation Amnesty Weeks, please follow the City’s regular yard/bulk guidelines:

• Place waste at curbside no earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the night before your regular yard waste pickup day.
• Contain waste to only one pile.
• Place grass cuttings, small trimmings and leaves in plastic bags.
• Cut tree limbs and branches into lengths no longer than four ft.
• Cut tree trunks and stumps into sections no longer than four ft. and no larger than 12 in. in diameter.
• Do not mix yard waste with any other type of debris.

Vegetation Amnesty Weeks does not apply to commercial properties or landscape contractors.

To request service from the Department of Public Works, please visit the Clean Streets Portal at wpb.org/clean streets.

To contact the Department of Public Works Division of Sanitation office, please dial: (561) 822-2075 (TTY: 800-955-8771).

This press release was produced by the City of West Palm Beach. The views expressed are the author's own.