A resident may call the City of Chehalis Community Development Department for information on a seasonal green waste permit. This permit allows a resident to drop off yard waste material that will be composted at a location managed by the City of Chehalis. For more information, please call 360-748-0271.
Centralia Residences can obtain a seasonal permit. Call 330 7512 for more information.
Free community chipping events. Call 740-1452 for upcoming dates and locations.
Yard waste is:
- Decorative cornstalks
- Fallen fruit from trees
- Leaves
- Pumpkins
- Rose or Raspberry canes (bundle in short lengths no longer than 18 inches)
- Sticks & twigs less than 18 inches long
- Tree trimmings
- Yard and garden trimmings
These are also accepted at the Central Transfer Station in Centralia. The cost is $60.00 per ton with the minimum fee of $5.00 for 160 pounds or less. A 40 yard container for grass clippings, leaves, yard trimmings, garden spoils is located along the recycling area bulkhead (see signs for directions). Customers must weigh-in at the scale house. See Scale Attendant for more details.
NOTE: NO DIMENSIONAL, PRESSURE TREATED,OSB, PRESS BOARD, LAMINATES OR PAINTED WOOD MATERIALS ARE ACCEPTED.
Yard Waste can be diverted from the regional landfill in a number of ways:
- A local company offers a yard waste pickup service for a monthly fee. It provides you with a 95 gallon container in which you can place all your yard waste, food waste and wood waste. It will be picked up every two weeks and hauled to a composting facility. Call 736-3233 for information..
- You can haul it yourself to Silver Springs Organics outside of Tenino. Visit their website at www.silverspringsorganics.com or call them at 360-446-7645.
- Johnson Contracting, Inc., 380 Forest Napavine Road East, Chehalis, accepts wood waste, such as new construction, brush and stumps, for reduced prices. Call 266-8141 for information.
- If you live within the city limits of Chehalis, you can purchase a permit through the city. You will need to provide proof of residency for the permit. The permit will allow you to dispose of your yard waste at the city's organic disposal site. Call 748-0271 for more information.
- You can also compost your yard waste in your own backyard. The Lewis County Master Recycler Composters host periodic classes to teach people how to compost. Call 740-1216 for more information.
- When you mow your lawn, leave the grass clippings on the grass. This is called Grasscycling.
- Yard and garden trimmings returns nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, back into the soil. Mowing time is reduced since bagging and disposal of clippings is eliminated.
For a list of the noxious weeds that are not allowed and must be disposed of as garbage at $90.00 per ton see: http://lewiscountywa.gov/publicworks/composting
Compostiong information here: http://lewiscountywa.gov/publicworks/composting
For more information on composting and grasscycling: http://greenactioncentre.ca/reduce-your-waste/grasscycling/ and http://www.thelawninstitute.org/pages/environment/best-management-practices/mowing-grasscycling/
IF APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER COMPOSTING YOUR YARD WASTE.
