Residential Green Waste Program

Green waste collection is provided to customers that reside within the city limits of Dixon. Customers that reside within Dixon city limits receive one 96 gallon green waste cart.

Green waste is used in a number of recycling processes, such as composting. Green waste recycling produces rich compost which can be used by local residents and farmers, rather than going to waste in a landfill.

Please be mindful of the 200 pound weight limit. Our trucks cannot lift carts that weigh more than this. If your garbage exceeds the limit, it will not be collected.

Please contact us for more information.

Acceptable Green Waste Materials Only place green waste materials into your green container!
Accepted Yard Waste Bread Grass clippings Kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps Leaves Tree and shrub prunings Weeds	Important Green Waste Notes! Plastic bags must not be placed inside your green cart. Tree and shrub prunings must be cut small enough to fit inside the cart with the lid completely closed. Extra tree and shrub prunings may be placed in 32 gallon cans with lids and handles or bundled no larger than 2'x3', using twine (no wire), then placed next to the green cart on your collection day. Please, do not place items on top of the cart.

Unacceptable Green Waste Materials Please do not place the following materials into your green container!
Construction Debris Concrete, rocks, dirt, asphalt Electronic / Universal Waste Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, mercury switches Garbage Un-recyclable items	Household Hazardous Waste Paints, solvents, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, used syringes Organic Material Animal feces or manure, painted or treated lumber, plywood or particle board Recyclable Material Recyclable glass, metal, paper and plastic

Proper Toter Placement

To help prevent empty toters from falling and blocking sidewalks after they are emptied, please follow our toter replacement procedures.

toter placement

Please place toters sideways in the street. As you face the street, place the handle to your left with the right-hand side of the toter parallel with the curb. Your toter should open on the right-hand side.
Toter lid must be closed.
Don't block the sidewalk.
Don't park cars within 3 feet of toters.
Place toters 3 feet apart.
Put toters out by 6:00am on pickup day.
Remove toters from curb as soon as possible after pickup and place them out of view from the street.
Please contact us for more information.