City of Kent
Suggestions On How to Reduce Yard Waste

1. Allow materials to settle within your cart over a few days, which may provide additional space.
2. If your cart is full one week, store branches and bulky debris until your next pickup.
3. Backyard composting is an excellent option. The City of Kent offers a composter and rain barrel sale (limited quantities each spring). This year the sale will be Saturday, March 26 at 9:00 a.m. at Russell Road Park.  
4. Mulching mowers cut grass blades into tiny pieces which will make it possible to leave the material on lawn as a free natural fertilizer.
5. Spring and fall curbside events will continue. This allows for up to ten additional 32-gallon units per event at no additional charge.
6. Christmas tree collection will continue to be offered each January at no additional cost.
7. Personal mulchers allow residents to mulch branches and use the end product in flower beds and gardens to beautify and suppress weeds.
8. The King County website lists additional locations where materials (including yard waste) can be dropped off: http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/wdidw/