City residents are eligible to use the City's self-haul compost site located at River Bluffs Regional Park area east of County Road 75 off 33rd Street South (522 33rd St S). Commercial hauler and lawn service companies are not eligible to use this site. A compost site permit must be purchased by mailing your application or by using the online portal. Permits are not available at the compost site.

Permit Costs:
R1 Permit: $25.00 City residents utilizing City refuse & recycling services
R2 Permit: $35.00 City residents and parcels who do not utilize City refuse & recycling services
NR Permit: $45.00 Residents of neighboring cities and townships
Replacement of lost, stolen or destroyed permits: $5.00

  At the time of purchase, applicant must provide the license plate number of the vehicle that will be used to transport yard waste to the compost site. Permits are non-transferrable. The compost site permit must be displayed on the inside bottom of the passenger side of the windshield. Only clean yard waste, brush and tree waste free of rocks, metal and concrete will be accepted. Acceptable yard waste includes leaves, grass clippings, pine cones, pine needles, pumpkins, acorns, apples, garden vegetation, dirt and sod. Acceptable tree waste includes branches, sticks, firewood, Christmas trees, shrubs or bushes, and cornstalks. Unacceptable: construction wood, dimensional lumber, wood pallets and other manufactured wood products, landscape rock and tree stumps. All loads entering the site must be covered and secured to prevent loss of waste in transit. Residents must unload their own yard waste, and must take all empty bags and containers with them.

Permit holders may self-load and haul composted soil when available from the City compost site during normal hours of operation. Permit holders must provide their own shovel and containers and must self-load and haul the compost. There is no additional charge for this service. Mulch and wood chips are no long available.