Springfield's Yardwaste Recycling Center (YRC) is dedicated to the disposal of yardwaste and organic items. A drop-off area for household recyclables is located on-site and is an easy and convenient space to recycling cardboard, glass, aluminum, tin and paper. The YRC's yardwaste composting and mulching area is the only City-managed location where residential brush in pickup loads and larger is accepted from the public.
Hours of Operation
The Yardwaste Recycling Center is open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., TUESDAY - SATURDAY.
All customers must be unloaded by closing time. No sales 30 minutes prior to closing.
Closed the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
What is accepted at the YRC
Home Drop-off Facility:
Aluminum, Cardboard, Glass, Paper, Plastic, and Tin.
Yardwaste is also accepted in unlimited amounts, including leaves, brush, sticks, and organic holiday decor.
Yardwaste Facility:
Yardwaste, including grass clippings, leaves, garden and flower bed vegetation, small non-woody shrub trimmings. Materials must be free of rocks and lumber, limbs and trash. Materials must also be removed from containers like trash bags, boxes and lawn bags.
This is the only location where residential brush in pickup loads and larger is accepted. Please note the following guidelines for brush:
• Limbs must be cut to 4 feet maximum length
• Limbs up to 10 inches in diameter are acceptable loose
• Limbs OVER 10 inches and root balls must be taken to the Springfield Sanitary Landfill.
• Brush that is already chipped is accepted subject to existing fees (We reserve the right to limit quantities accepted)
NOT ACCEPTED:
Rootballs, rocks, lawn bags, boxes, lumber, pallets, fence posts, dirt, limbs that do not match specifications and trash.
FEES AND PAYMENT
Materials brought to the household recycling drop-off area are free, but suggested honor system fees and donations are encouraged.
Only cash and check are accepted at Franklin Avenue, Lone Pine, and the HCCC. Cash, check, and credit/debit cards accepted at the Landfill and the YRC.
Yardwaste Recycling
Yardwaste, defined as bulk grass clippings, leaves, garden and flower bed vegetation and small, non-woody shrub trimmings is accepted at no charge from residences, commercial haulers and lawn services.
Brush Recycling
Fees Beginning July 1, 2023
The following fees are charges that will take effect on July 1, 2023 for bulk brush disposal:
Charge Per Unit
Price
Car/SUV/Pickup or Trailer under 8 ft.
$9.50
Trailer - 8-12 ft.
$17.75
Trailer - 13-16 ft.
$23.50
Dump Truck
$35.00
Large Volume fee/cubic yard
$5.50
3790 S. Farm Road 119, Brookline, MO
DIRECTIONS:
West on Sunshine (Highway 60):
Turn left (south) onto Farm Road 115
Turn left (east) on Farm Road 164
Follow signs
Or go west on James River Freeway to Sunshine (Highway 60):
Turn right (east) onto Farm Road 115
Turn left onto Farm Road 164
Follow signs
MO Products A true MO product... or byproduct
The materials in our products are produced from locally-generated garden and yardwaste accepted from Springfield/Greene County residents at Springfield's YRC. Specially designed equipment is used to grind and/or screen the materials into uniformly-sized and textured products. These products are generally more affordable and better value than purchasing commercially-produced mulch and compost. Revenues generated from the sale of these products go back into the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund to support waste management efforts and environmental education for our community.
MOPOST is made from materials, including leaves and grass clippings, which are windrowed and turned regularly to encourage the natural decomposition process. The materials are then screened to uniform size and texture.
MOMULCH is made from chipped and ground wood wastes from limbs and brush.
Products can be purchased in bulk at the YRC, and in bags at the YRC and Lone Pine Recycling Center. To find out if products are in stock and other information regarding our products. Click here to Learn More.