PUBLIC NOTICE
WOODWASTE AND YARD WASTE ACCEPTANCE POLICY FOR JOHN SMITH ROAD LANDFILL
Woodwaste and vardwaste are accepted at john Smith Road Landfill at the listed reduced rate under the following
restrictions:
All woodwaste listed in groups 1 and 2 below must be less than 8 feet in length and 4 feet in
diameter, excluding palm and yucca trunks which must be cut to no more than 18 inches in
length and 12 inches in diameter.
Woodwaste and Yardwaste subject to the reduced rate must consist solely of the following:
GROUP 1
Yardwaste (leaves, grass, weeds, ivy...)
Prunings
Brush
Small Dimensional Tree Materials
Palm Fronds & Bamboo
Palm & Yucca Trunks (up to 18 inch length
and 12 inch diameter)
GROUP 2
Lumber
Pallets
Clean Construction Wood Debris
Logs & Tree Trunks (without root ball)
Plywood & Particle Board
Wood Crates & Cable Spools
Diseased Pine and Oak Materials
Customers are requested to separate incoming woodwaste and yardwaste into the above two
groups and off-load into the appropriate receiving pile at the woodwaste and yardwaste area.
All woodwaste loads must be FREE OF THE FOLLOWING:
No Pressure Treated or Painted Lumber
No Poison Oak
No Refuse
No Plastics
No Petroleum Contaminated Wood
No Rootballs
No Oversized Palm & Yucca Trunks
No Dirt, Rock, Concrete or Bone
No Hazardous Wastes
No Putrescent Wastes (fruit, animal
waste, meat)
No Metal/Hardware (except nails & bolts less than 1/4 inch in diameter)
All loads must be covered and fully secured upon arrival at the solid waste facility or the load
will be subject to the uncovered/unsecured load surcharge.
All loads will be inspected prior to disposal and any load not conforming to the above
restrictions or those restrictions found in the John Smith Road Landfill Rate Schedule will be
rejected and subject to applicable mixed refuse charges, special handling charges or total
rejection from disposal at John Smith Road Landfill.
The final decision on all woodwaste and yardwaste acceptability will rest with the woodwaste
and yardwaste processing attendant.