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Greensboro Yard Waste containers: What should you do with your old ones?

Chances are, there are hundreds and hundreds of personal containers out there.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Folks living in Greensboro now have new city-issued yard waste containers.  What do you do with all the old containers you used to use? Recently, a WFMY News 2 viewer emailed us saying, 

You have all these people with all these containers we can no longer use. Are we just supposed to fill the landfill with them?

Throwing out your old yard containers is one option, but it is the last option on the City's Resue and Disposal Recommendations list.

Personal Yard Waste Container Reuse and Disposal Recommendations

On July 1, the City will no longer collect yard waste from personal containers. Residents should instead use the City-issued, 95-gallon gray yard waste container. Here’s what you can do with your personal container.

REPURPOSE IT

Residents are encouraged to keep their personal containers for reuse. City crews WILL collect up to two, 32-gallon personal containers worth of household construction debris on your bulk collection day. Keep each under 50 pounds.

Some other reuse options:

TRASH IT

If none of these alternatives are for you, dispose of it by:

  • Calling the City Contact Center at 336-373-CITY and scheduling for the container to be picked up as bulk trash.

    

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