COMPOST SITE 2025 (217 Old County Road)

Compost Site Permits for the 2025 season will be available beginning on April 1, 2025, as follows:

REVISED 10/16/25

Beginning October 18, 2025, through December 7, 2025,

Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  8 AM – 2 PM.

Compost permits are issued to RESIDENTS of Windsor Locks only.  I.D., and a valid vehicle registration for a vehicle registered in the Town of Windsor Locks is required to be presented at the time of applying for a permit.   Permits will not be given to unregistered vehicles (such as lawn tractors).  The permit sticker must be applied to the vehicle for which it was obtained.

Basic Rules for Using the Compost Site

A new permit sticker is required every year.  The permit sticker must be affixed to the inside of the windshield on the lower left (driver’s side). The assigned permit must match the license plate of the vehicle.  No vehicles may enter the compost site without a permit sticker.  Please keep children and pets safe by always leaving them in your vehicle.  The use of chainsaws and hand-held blowers at the compost site is not permitted.   Wood placed in bins and dirt may be taken by residents who have a valid permit to use the compost site.   Covered trailers may be inspected. Site personnel will refuse entry to the site if a permit is not visible on the windshield.  Please keep your speed down for the safety of others.

ACCEPTED ITEMS

Compostable Items Accepted: Leaves, sticks, mushrooms, pinecones, acorns, thatch, green grass, and old mulch that is free of rocks and soil.   Wood Waste Accepted: Brush, tree limbs, branches, bushes, shrubs with NO ROOT BALLS or STUMPS attached.  Logs are accepted, but they must not exceed 24 inches in length.

UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS

Stumps, root balls from shrubs, sod, stones, pressure-treated wood, lumber, construction materials, household trash, food waste.

 

CURBSIDE COLLECTIONS OF BAGGED YARD-WASTE BEGINS Monday, April 7, 2025

All American Waste will begin picking up bagged yard waste on Monday, April 7, 2025.  Collections will continue town-wide every Monday, through the final collection date of Monday, December 1, 2025. Items must be bagged in brown paper lawn/leaf bags only. Place curbside not more than 24 hours in advance.  Acceptable items include leaves, pine needles, pinecones, acorns, twigs, small branches, dead annuals, perennials, thatch, and green grass clippings. Do not overfill or place any household trash, including plastic bags and planters, in the bags.   If bagged yard waste is not picked up by 3 pm on collection day, please call All American Waste at 860-289-7850.