The Ramsey County Yard Waste sites are burgeoning with activity this time of year as residents drop-off leaves they’ve diligently raked from yards. Each year approximately 400,000 residents visit one of the County’s seven yard waste sites to drop off yard waste, or to pick up wood mulch, compost, or black dirt – all free of charge! About one third of those 400,000 visits occur in October and November during the peak of the “leaf season.” When residents manage their yard waste at a Ramsey County site or in a backyard compost bin, they save thousands of yards of landfill space and recycle valuable nutrients back into the soil by making compost. Furthermore, residents who visit the yard waste sites in the spring can pick up free compost (as available) which closes the recycling loop and provides their gardens and lawns with a valuable soil amendment.
Remember, it is ILLEGAL to rake your leaves into the street in St. Paul - doing so adds tons of phosphorus pollution to the river AND it costs taxpayers for increase costs of street sweeping... Our yard waste site is off Londin Lane near Highwood Hills Elementary School. There is a second yard waste site that accepts woody waste at Frank and Sims (off Earl Street just north of Phalen Blvd).
Submitted by Ramsey County
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