MUSCATINE, Iowa – The Compost Facility at the Muscatine Transfer Station will be open today through Monday (Dec. 17-20) for residents to bring leaves and other yard waste. The Compost Facility will be open 12-5 p.m. Friday (Dec. 16-17), 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday (Dec. 18), and from 12-5 p.m. on Sunday and Monday (Dec. 19-20).
The Compost Facility will close for the season on Tuesday (Dec. 21) and reopen in mid-March.
Muscatine and Fruitland residents can take yard waste (grass clippings, leaves, plants) from their property to the facility along with brush and branches less than 10 inches in diameter and 10 feet in length, Larger trees and logs can also be taken to the location but tree stumps or roots are not accepted.
Non-residents (those who do not pay a refuse fee on their monthly Muscatine Power & Waster bill) and commercial users of the Compost Facility will be charged a fee for yard waste brought to the site.
Visit the Compost Facility page for more information.