These items are not acceptable as food and yard waste. Please place them in your garbage.

• Rocks, soil, root balls, or sod
• Treated, stained, or painted wood (no plywood or particle board)
• Noxious weeds—dispose of them as garbage.
  Certain noxious weeds qualify for free disposal. 
  Please contact Thurston County Noxious Weeds for more information about noxious weeds.
  • Butterfly bush
  • Common fennel
  • Orange hawkweed
  • Diffuse knapweed
  • Spotted knapweed
  • Tansy ragwort
  • Wild chervil
  • Gorse
  • Poison hemlock
  • Meadow knapweed
  • Spurge Laurel
• Problem plants—dispose of them as garbage.
  • Bamboo and roots
  • Blackberry
  • Ivy (all kinds)
  • Palm fronds
  • Pampas grass
  • Scotch broom
• Stumps over 24 inches in diameter
• Liquids, fats, oils, or grease
• Shredded paper
• Plastics of any kind
• Bags of any kind including paper, compostable, or biodegradable
• Compostable cups, utensils plates, or bowls