Compost Site
Compost Site Hours & Location2024 - 2025 Winter
Nov 30 - Dec 28, 2024 & March 1 - 29, 2025
Saturday ONLY 9:00am - 4:00pm
Jan & Feb
CLOSED
2025 Spring - Fall
March 31 - Nov 28, 2025
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm
Sunday CLOSED
2600 E. Clark Rd. Ypsilanti, MI 48198
For dropping off of recycling, yard waste, obtaining compost, or for refuse dumpster use, you may visit the Ypsilanti Township Compost Site. Please check in with gate attendant; proof of single-family home residency is required with government issued driver's license or State ID.
Multi-unit complexes and businesses are excluded from dropping off yard waste and obtaining compost at the resident rate however, apartment-dwellers are permitted to use the recycling containers on site.
Payment method accepted, CASH OR CHECK ONLY.
More Information
The Compost site will be CLOSED in observance of the following holidays:
- Memorial Day - Monday, May 26, 2025
- Independence Day - Friday, July 4 - Saturday, July 5, 2025
- Labor Day - Monday, September 1, 2025
- Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 27, 2025: Normal business hours resume on Friday, November 28, 2025 from 8:00am - 4:00pm. The Compost Site will begin winter hours on Saturday, November 29, 2025.
Acceptable Items for Composting: brush and branches (separate from Yard Waste), grass, leaves, natural woodchips
Acceptable Items for Recycling:
- automobile batteries
- household recyclable items
- scrap metal, metal fencing
- freon related items ($20/item): refrigerators/freezers (doors and shelves removed), de-humidifiers, water coolers, air-conditioners etc.
- white goods: humidifiers, stoves, dryers, washers, hot water heaters, etc.
The Recycle container at the Compost Site has the same rules as Curbside Recycling.
Acceptable Items for Trash (Refuse Dumpster):
- carpet, drywall, dried latex paint, lumber, shingles
- furniture, mattress/box spring
- landscaping timbers, colored and rubber mulches (red, brown, black, gold)
- household batteries
All Unacceptable Items:
- antifreeze/motor oil/oil filters, tires (with or without rims)
- computers and related items
- concrete, clay, dirt, sand, sod
- propane tanks, household chemicals, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, paint - oil base/enamel
Dispose at the Compost Site
Christmas trees are accepted at the Compost Site for chipping (free of charge for Ypsilanti Township residents; proof of residency required - ID/driver's license). Must have all decorations removed: Lights, tinsel, garland, ornaments and tree stand.
Dispose with Waste Management
Each week you are allowed one bulk item. You must Contact WM, by email or phone, 48 hours in advance of your trash day to schedule removal of ANY bulk item. A separate truck and crew will pick-up your bulk item.
Christmas trees are accepted at the Compost Site for chipping (free of charge for Ypsilanti Township residents; proof of residency required - ID/driver's license). Must have all decorations removed: Lights, tinsel, garland, ornaments and tree stand.
Dispose with Waste Management
Each week you are allowed one bulk item. You must Contact WM, by email or phone, 48 hours in advance of your trash day to schedule removal of ANY bulk item. A separate truck and crew will pick-up your bulk item.
The months of December-March, Christmas trees will be collected by the WM bulk truck in addition to your one-weekly bulk item. Christmas trees that are taller than 6’ must be cut in half and placed next to your WM trash cart no later than 5:00am on your collection day.
Contact Waste Management: 866.797.9018
Please ask for your confirmation number.