Yard Waste

O'Fallon Environmental Services customers are eligible for two yard waste service options:

Year-round pick up option

Yard waste collection is an optional service available once per week from the 2nd Monday in March through the 2nd Friday in December of each year.

• The cost is $5.62 per month ($11.25 for bi-monthly bill) and is billed throughout the year. A one-year commitment is required.
• Service is same day as recycling. There will be two separate trucks picking up your yard waste and recycling.

Yard waste may be disposed of in any of the following methods, but with no more than 10 of these combined:

• Resident-owned refuse container; 64-gallons or less, please. Also note, the City is NOT responsible for any damage to resident-owned refuse containers.)
• City-owned 64-gallon refuse container; available for $5.00 per month with a minimum six-month commitment
• 30-gallon kraft paper yard waste bags (plastic bags are NOT acceptable)
• Limbs/branches. 6 inches or less in diameter, 4 feet or less in length, bundled in twine (NO WIRE). Bundles not to exceed 2 feet in diameter.
• Please limit each individual unit to 60 lbs. or less because of the manual pick-up process.

Yard waste includes leaves, grass clippings, limbs and branches (not to exceed 6 inches in diameter). Yard waste DOES NOT include dirt, sod, mulch, rock, concrete, asphalt, lumber, tree stumps or logs over 6 inches in diameter. No pet/animal feces can be included in yard waste.

Winter yard waste pick-up schedule

Weekly yard waste pick-ups conclude on December 8, 2023, when we move to monthly collections for the winter months. If you have yard waste service, your monthly pick ups will be on your regular pick up day during the weeks of:

• January 9-12, 2024
• February 13-16, 2024

Weekly yard waste collection will resume the week of March 12, 2024.

Call Environmental Services at 636-272-0477 to enroll in year-round pick-up service. The City of O'Fallon is not responsible for damage to personal yard waste cans.

Free twice-a-year service

Twice a year, residents enrolled in the City’s trash and recycling service, but who do not have year-round service may call in a request to customer service for free yard waste collection for up to 10 units. A unit is one yard waste bag, or one yard waste container or one bundle of sticks and limbs.

Please note: Twice a year, residents enrolled in the year-round yard waste service may request collection for up to twice as many units as guidelines allow, or up to 20 units (of bags, yard waste receptacles or bundles) instead of ten.

After the two free collections are logged, if additional yard waste collection is desired the customer has the option of enrolling in yard waste service (a one-year minimum commitment) or requesting a one-time pick-up at $2 per bag at a minimum charge of $20.

Yard waste may be disposed of in any of the following methods, but with no more than 10 of these combined:

• Resident-owned refuse container
• 30-gallon kraft paper yard waste bags (plastic bags are NOT acceptable)
• Limbs/branches. 6 inches or less in diameter, 4 feet or less in length, bundled in twine (NO WIRE). Bundles not to exceed 2 feet in diameter.
• Please limit each individual unit to 60 lbs. or less because of the manual pick-up process.

Call Environmental Services at 636-272-0477 in advance to schedule a pick-up.

In addition to curbside collection, Hansen's Environmental Wood Resources will accept yard waste from residents of the City of O'Fallon for a fee. Please call Hansen's directly at 636-379-1830 to schedule a drop-off and bring in a photo ID with your O'Fallon address.