Curbside Add-Ons with Stickers
For just $7 have textiles, yard waste, or compost overflow picked up alongside your green bin. Purchase a pack of Black Earth Compost Stickers (5 for $35) through your customer account and place it on a brown yard waste bag or a white plastic bag for textiles.
Yard waste pickup not available in CT, Westerly, RI, Narragansett, RI, Kingstown, RI, or Attleboro, MA.
Yard Waste Pickup
Have yard waste collected during your regularly scheduled compost pickup.
Accepted Material
Leaves, weeds, small plants, sticks smaller than a half inch round, soiled paper products
Not Accepted
NO GRASS! (unless you participate in a green lawn service), sticks greater than a half inch round
How it Works
1) Place the material in a paper yard waste bag.
2) Apply a sticker to each bag.
3) Leave the bag(s) next to your green bin to be picked up during your regularly scheduled compost pickup.
(Limit of 3 bags per pickup.)
Please keep yard bags dry until pickup day.
Yard waste pickup not available in CT, Westerly, RI, Narragansett, RI, Kingstown, RI, or Attleboro, MA.
Textile Pickup
We partner with a textiles recycling program to sort and recycle your unwanted clothing and fabrics, just set them out alongside your compost bin on your regular pickup day.
We Accept
Clothing (belts, hats, intact shoes, jackets, gloves), fabric (towels, curtains, linens, fabric scraps), and similar items.
We Don't Accept
Carpets or rugs, wet/moldy/mildewed textiles, comforters, pillows, or stuffed animals, or heavily worn shoes.
How to set it out:
1) Place your textiles in a white plastic drawstring bag
2) Apply a BEC sticker to each bag
3) Set the bag(s) out beside your green bin on your regular collection day.
(Limit of 3 bags per pickup)
Please don't put bags out on rainy days.
If your pickup falls on the same day as trash collection, move the bag away from the curb and leave a note on your compost bin so our driver knows to grab it.
Looking for more recycling options for hard-to-recycle items? Check out our CHaRM program.
Compost Overflow Pickup
Hosting a party, holiday gathering, wedding, or simply have more compostables than will fit in your bin? Our overflow stickers make it easy to have the extra material collected.
How it Works
1) Place your food scraps and other compostables in certified compostable bags.
2) Place the bags inside a paper yard waste bag.
3) Apply a BEC sticker to the outside of each paper yard waste bag.
4) Set the paper yard waste bag(s) out beside your green bin on your regular collection day.
(Limit of 3 bags per pickup.)
Printable Composting Signage
Download free signage for home parties to help educate others about proper composting
Certified Compostable Serviceware
Many party supplies can be composted, including certified compostable plates, cups, napkins, and utensils. We encourage the use of reusable products over disposables but when using single-use items, make sure they have a BPI, TUV, OK Compost, or CMA compostble certification labels on the packaging. See our recommended certified compostable products.
Households that regularly generate more compost than fits in the 13-gallon bin can purchase service for an additional bin. Contact us to upgrade your service plan.
