---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.6660"
title: "40"
number: "60.6660"
heading: "What is yard waste?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.6660"
---

# §60.6660. What is yard waste?


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](/cfr/40/60.6685.md).
- (b) Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in [§ 60.6685](/cfr/40/60.6685.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 11860, Mar. 10, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted.