how the City of Denver can help you dispose of broken tree limbs

did you know that Denver Solid Waste Management collects up to 10 bundles of tree branches per week per customer?

the heavy snow earlier this month, and now the strong winds the last few days, have dropped many limbs into yards and treelawns in Baker and the rest of Denver; so now's a good time to brush up on how to dispose of tree branches with the city's help; for collection, branches must be:

• no larger than 4 inches in diameter
• cut into lengths of 4 feet or less
• tied into bundles of no more than 40 pounds

if you provide your own trash cans for city pickup, set branches alongside your regular trash; if you have a city dumpster, you may place up to five bundles inside a dumpster, or wait until your scheduled Large Item Pickup (usually every 5 weeks) and place them at least four feet away from the dumpster

for limbs over 4 inches in diameter, or still up in a tree, the city recommends consulting someone from its list of licensed tree contractors

denvergov.org has a page dedicated to branch disposal with more details, plus links to answers to many more waste disposal questions