Yard Waste Program In Cheyenne Resumes April 6

Press release from the City of Cheyenne:

March 31, 2020

The City’s Yard Waste Program resumes on Monday, April 6 for the season. The City’s Compost and the Household Hazardous Waste facilities will reopen on Tuesday, April 7 after being closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Those residents enrolled in the yard waste program will have their yard waste containers picked-up the week starting on Monday, April 6. Billing will also start in April. The program is scheduled to end mid-November.

Program users are reminded only grass, leaves, and garden waste are allowed in the yard waste container. Customers are reminded not to bag the material, and to not place branches, limbs or brush in the yard waste container. Branches, limbs, and brush are ground into mulch and must be handled separately.

The Yard Waste Program is currently accepting new customers.

The Compost Facility, 3714 Windmill Road, accepts the following for recycling and re-use: leaves, grass, topsoil, sod, clean pallets, manure, brush, and limbs. The compost facility is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 220 North College Drive, is open Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Household Hazardous Waste Facility accepts items that are ignitable, corrosive, toxic, or poisonous. E-waste items include computers, televisions, VCRs, DVD players, stereos, copiers and fax machines.

The City of Cheyenne is currently not accepting cash for any financial transaction because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers can use a check, debit or credit card for any transaction.

For more information on these programs and the Solid Waste Division, call 637-6440, go to www.cheyennecity.org, or download the Recycle Coach App available at the Google Play App Store or Apple App Store.

This press release was produced by the City of Cheyenne. The views expressed here are the author’s own.