Enroll for Premium Yard Waste Collection

Since December 2007, West Des Moines residents who use the City’s solid waste services have been able to sign up for Metro Waste Authority’s (MWA) Premium Yard Waste Collection Program. This program allows residents who wish to participate the opportunity to use a 96-gallon wheeled container for weekly collection of their yard waste.

The carts hold the equivalent of three bags of yard and garden waste. This program is an alternative yard waste collection method and does not replace the current Compost It! program that utilizes the MWA Compost It! bags and stickers.

The Compost It! Premium service containers are for yard waste only. This includes grass clippings, leaves, branches, yard and garden trimmings, and brush. Containers are placed at the curb the same as trash containers and are collected weekly on your regular garbage collection day.

Visit Metro Waste Authority to enroll in the program or purchase an annual sticker.

Call MWA at 515-244-0021 with any questions about the program. 

 

Highlights of the Premium Yard Waste Collection Program

  • Stickers must be obtained annually and placed on the designated area on the cart
  • Residents are not required to use the premium cart program
  • The cart is the property of the resident
  • The cart may only be used for yard waste disposal
  • Yard waste carts will be collected on the resident’s regular solid waste collection day
  • Yard waste cart collection dates will coincide with MWA’s Compost It! annual calendar
  • Residents may have more than one premium yard waste cart