Seasonal Yard Waste Clean-UpThe Southold Town Highway Department provides a free curbside pick-up of Yard Waste. - Leaves and branches in the Spring and leaves only in the Fall. Please note the follow

Seasonal Yard Waste Clean-UpThe Southold Town Highway Department provides a free curbside pick-up of Yard Waste. - Leaves and branches in the Spring and leaves only in the Fall. Please note the following requirements for leaves placed out for this collection:Biodegradable paper bags are required for all bagged leaves placed out for pick-up by the Town Highway Department during the spring and fall cleanups. The leaves are brought to the compost facility where they are processed into clean compost. Absolutely no plastic bags will be picked up!The biodegradable bags are available at many retail outlets during leaf pick-up season, including most grocery and hardware stores throughout Southold Town.These bags:Hold up to 60 pounds.Are made of heavy duty, wet-strength, biodegradable paperWill keep leaves and compost clean and free of plasticWill last three to four weeks at the curbAs per state guidelines the town will not be able to pick up invasive species during the spring or fall clean up.Furthermore we will not be accepting invasive species at the compost yard including but not limited to Miscanthus, Fountain grass, Bamboo, Phragmites and Knotweed.Invasives will be accepted in the building charged at the Rubbish Rate and sent to the Waste to Energy Plant in accordance with NYDEC guidelines.We strive to improve our products and provide clean locally sourced and quality Compost Mulch and Topsoil.Invasive Species InformationSouthold Town’s Leaf Composting Program - for a better Southold!