City of Wayland

Important Alert

Brush Pick Up

City-Wide Brush Pickup Policy

Within the City of Wayland, brush will be picked up every Tuesday from approximately May through October and after severe storms.  Your cooperation in adhering to this schedule will be appreciated.  Please use the following guidelines (failure to do so will result in your brush not being picked up):

Brush Must BE:

  • Placed in the public road right-of-way between the sidewalk and the street no sooner than the night before or later than 7 AM on the pickup day.
  • Less than 6′ and NO larger then 4″ in diameter.
  • Stacked in one direction with butts at the road side.
  • Limited to the amount that can be loaded on a single 1-ton dump truck, per week, and the brush must originate from that property.

Brush Must NOT:

  • Include loose leaves, twigs, stumps, vines, grass clippings, ornamental grass, flowers, sod, plants, roots or root balls.
  • Include trash, nails, building materials, dirt or rocks.
  • Be tied with string, twine, wire or any other material.
  • Be left by a commercial tree removal or trimming company.  If cut by one of these companies, they should remove it as part of their contract with the property owner.
  • Be bagged. It will not be picked-up if it is in a leaf/lawn bags.