40 CFR 60.6660
§ 60.6660 What is yard waste?
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 60.6660, § 60.6660 What is yard waste?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/173553
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Yard waste is grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs. They come from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include two items:
(a) Construction, renovation, and demolition wastes that are exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in § 60.6685.
(b) Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in § 60.6685.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.