Amazon Brand - Solimo Lawn & Leaf Drawstring Trash Bags, 39 Gallon, 40 Count

 Amazon Brand - Solimo Lawn & Leaf Drawstring Trash Bags, 39 Gallon, 40 Count

•     Includes 40 lawn & leaf garbage bags
•     Each bag holds 39 gallons
•     Black trash bag with red drawstring for easy tying and carrying
•     If you like Glad Large Drawstring Trash Bags, we invite you to try Solimo Lawn & Leaf Drawstring Trash Bags
•     An Amazon brand

Remove leaves, grass and branches for collection

Learn how and when to dispose of your yard clippings, such as leaves, grass clippings, and small branches, using curbside collection service. Find out the dos and don'ts of yard trimmings.

• Place grass clippings, dead leaves, small branches, and other yard debris in leaf and garden bags. If you have a green pot, put them there.
• If the branches won't fit in your boat or bags, tie them up and place them next to the boat. Branches should be no more than 5 feet long and 3 inches in diameter.
• Find your collection day with the My Collection Schedule tool below.
• Remove clippings from the yard by 6:30 am on collection day. Be sure to leave a 5-foot space between boats, cars, and mailboxes.

Dos and don'ts of yard trimmings

• Remove all rocks and dirt from your garden clippings.
• Wrap thorns in newspaper or cardboard and tag “thorns” to protect City of Austin personnel.
• Do not put large weeds, such as tree trunks and large branches, along with yard clippings. These are considered large items.
• Do not include sawdust, wood, or animal waste.

Don't put plastic bags or extra trash with your yard trimmings. These will not be collected.

How to recycle yard waste

It's the time of year to garden, and you may have yard waste filling bags in your garage. Or maybe you're ready to take on a project and wonder where to recycle your yard waste. We can help. While recycling rules vary by city, recycling is incredibly good for the environment and worth considering!

Learn how to manage your garden or wood waste
Although recycling rules vary by city, we have many great tips for recycling wood and yard waste so it doesn't end up in a landfill. When this happens, it contributes to global climate change, but it also takes up space and produces methane gas. When yard debris such as leaves or clippings are burned, it is not only a fire hazard but it also creates air pollution. To avoid them, check your city or town website for the proper disposal site.

Reduce waste through reuse
A preliminary step to recycling is reuse, and what better way to avoid the need to recycle than by reusing your yard waste? You can avoid a trip to the local composter (if one exists) and you don't have to worry about filling your car with bags and bags of leaves, weeds, or tree trimming. Plus, reuse is much easier and takes less time!

Instead of packing your grass clippings after you cut them, leave them on the lawn where they will break down and return nutrients to the soil. Just make sure to avoid cutting the grass less than 3 cm.

Another great way to reuse is with dry leaves or shredded wood waste. You can use them to make mulch. Spread the mulch in thin layers around the base of the plants. This prevents weed growth, retains water, adds nutrients to the soil, and regulates soil temperature. You can do the same with grass clippings.

Learn to compost at home
Since food and yard waste makes up 20 to 30 percent of what we throw away, we should compost these items instead, keeping these materials out of landfills. Compost is an organic material that can be added to the soil to aid plant growth, such as dead leaves, twigs, branches (brown), grass clippings, plant debris, fruit debris, and coffee beans (green). Since many of us use these items on a regular basis, it is easy to start with a compost container, you can buy it in stores like Ecologicoysostenible.com

Compost piles should contain equal amounts of browns to greens, and the layers should alternate between the two groups. Brown items provide carbon and green items provide nitrogen. To create garden compost, you need a dry, shady area near a water source. Add brown or green materials and moisten as they are added.

After creating a compost pile, mix green waste and grass clippings in the pile and bury fruit and vegetable waste under 12 inches. of compost material. You can also choose to cover the top with a tarp to keep it moist. Your compost is ready to use when the material at the bottom is dark in color!

If you don't have room in your yard for an outdoor compost pile, just buy a compost bin and store it in your home! You can compost even in an apartment . For more information on how to create a compost pile, check out some tips .