Residential yard waste can be dealt with in 3 ways:

Composting

Residents can build their own compost piles or bins to deal with yard debris and food waste. To learn more about composting, click the link to the left.     

Curbside Pick-Up

Customers of Sanitary Service Company (SSC) and Nooksack Valley Disposal can arrange to have yard debris picked up with their regular recycling and garbage service.

Drop-Off At a Designated Facility

The table below lists the Whatcom County facilities that accept various types of yard waste. Some of these facilities require a fee based on the amount of refuse being disposed.

Facilities

	Branches Up to 7 inches in Diameter	Clean Wood Scraps	Stumps	Yard Debris
"Clean Green" Facility  Closed Permanently See link - Clean Green Facility Closed Permanently				X
Green Earth Technology 774 Meadowlark Road Lynden, WA Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Seasonally Saturday 8 a.m. - 1 pm. Phone: 360-354-4936	X	X	X	X
Nooksack Valley Disposal 250 Birch Bay-Lynden Road Lynde, WA Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.  Saturday 9 a.m. - Noon Phone: 360-354-3400	X	X		X
Recycling & Disposal Services 4916 LaBounty Place Ferndale, WA Daily 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Phone: 360-384-8011	X	X	X	X
Sanitary Service Company 1001 Roeder Avenue Bellingham, WA Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Phone: 360-734-3490 or 360-398-2025				X

Burning Yard Waste

There are limits on where burning of yard waste is allowed.