Send Your Grass Back To Its Roots
All residents are encouraged to mulch grass clippings and leave them on the lawn to enjoy the benefits of 'grasscycling'. Grasscycling saves time and engery, reduces the need to fertilize and creates a deeper healthier root system that increases your lawn's resistance to disease, drought and insects. Most lawnmowers now come with mulching blades. If you have an older mower, mulching blades can be purchased at most hardware stores. Mulchers chop the grass finely, which allows it to:
- Compost clippings in a backyard composter
- Use clippings as a garden mulch around plants and shrubs
- Grass clippings are also accepted at the Leaf and Yard Sites listed below
Leaf and Yard Depots
What is acceptable
The Depots will accept brush, leaves, grass, yard clippings and only natural wood no greater than 30 inches in diameter and five feet in length. Christmas trees are accepted free of charge from residents.
All bags/containers used to carry leaf and yard waste must be emptied on site.
What is not acceptable
The Depots will not accept stumps, clay, dirt and grass mixed together, logs over 30 inches in diameter and five feet in length and anything else which is not compostable.
Fees to be charged at Chatham, Wallaceburg, Harwich, Dover and Camden Transfer Stations:
- All residents are allowed 2 cubic metre (25 garbage bags) of leaf and yard waste free of charge per day.
- All residents are to be charged $5.00 per cubic metre or $1.00 for every bag in excess of 2 cubic metre.
- All contractors are to be charged $30.00 per cubic metre (approx. 15 garbage bags) or $2.00 per bag
Leaf and Yard Depot Locations:
Chatham
22843 Creek Drive, south of Park Avenue Business Centre
Hours of Operation:
From January to March: Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
From April to October: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
From November to December: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Closed on Statutory Holidays.
Wallaceburg Leaf and Yard Depot
505 Water Street
Hours of Operation: Monday through Saturday from 8am to noon
Harwich Leaf and Yard Depot
21633 Communication Road
Hours of Operation: 7:30 am to 1:00 pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
Dover Leaf and Yard Depot
25280 Big Pointe Road
Hours of Operation: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Saturday only
Camden Leaf and Yard Depot
12187 Splinter Line
Hours of Operation: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday only
Romney Leaf & Yard Depot
22022 Wheatley Road
Hours of Operation: January to March it is open 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
April to December it is open Saturdays from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
The following Yards only accept leaf and yard waste and brush, but no logs:
Bothwell Leaf and Yard Depot
MacEwan Street
Hours of Operation: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday
8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday
Ridgetown Leaf and Yard Depot
100 Erie Street North
Hours of Operation: 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, Monday to Friday
8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday
If you require further information or have a questions, feel free to contact Environmental Services at ckies@chatham-kent.ca