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Yard Trimmings Resources
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Yard Trimmings Publications
- GreenScapes: Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping (PDF) (8 pp, 1.6MB) describes EPA’s GreenScapes program and provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscaping. GreenScapes also provides greenscaping recommendations and resources for home owners.
- GreenScaping Your Lawn and Garden (PDF) (8 pp, 1.6MB) | en Español (PDF) (8 pp, 313K) encourages consumers to grasscycle, mulch, and compost to reduce the amount of yard trimmings in the waste stream. It provides details on how and what to compost.
- GreenScaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard | PDF Version (16 pp, 2.1MB)
describes how consumers, by changing their landscapes to GreenScapes, can save time and money and protect the environment.
- California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s (CalRecycle’s) Compost Demonstration Project on Use of Yard Trimmings Products
reports on a project involving three types of yard trimmings products (uncomposted, semicomposted, and fully composted) used on a variety of farm crops.
- North Carolina’s Organics: Yard Trimmings Commodity Profile (PDF) (6 pp, 175K) provides an overview of supply and demand of yard trimmings.
- University of Wisconsin-Extension’s Managing Leaves and Yard Trimmings (PDF) (12 pp, 713K) provides citizens with a guide for effectively managing yard trimmings.
- Washington State University’s Fertilizing with Yard Trimmings (PDF) (8 pp, 143K) describes the use of yard trimmings in agriculture.
- Yard Waste Management – A Planning Guide for New York State, 1990 Report. A copy of this report may be obtained by contacting the New York Bureau of Waste Reduction & Recycling (dshmwrr@gw.dec.state.ny.us) at 518 402-8704.
Other Yard Trimmings Resources
- Composting — EPA’s Composting Website
- California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s Yard Trimmings website provides information on residential yard trimmings, Christmas tree recycling, and commercial yard trimmings.
