Neighborhood Wood-chipping
Chip with your neighbors and turn wood debris into valuable chips for landscaping, mulching and composting.
All 2009 Sessions are Full
If you would like to be placed on a waiting list for a chipping event in your neighborhood, please contact Ron Jones at 360.753.8509, or by email.
How Do I Set Up A Neighborhood Wood-chipping Event?
We start taking reservations the first of the year. Sessions typically fill up quickly. Sessions for 2009 are all full. Please check back the first of the year to get sign-up information for 2010.
How the Neighborhood Wood-chipping Program Works:
The City will arrange for a chipper and a two-person crew to come to your neighborhood for 2 hours of free wood-chipping. The resultant chips are left on site for residents to use for landscaping, mulching, and composting.
- Chipping events are scheduled for groups of four or more households that have City of Olympia garbage service.
- You must have an accessible, centralized location for the pile of wood debris.
- Make sure there is room for the resulting chips.
Guidelines & Tips for Neighbohood Wood-chipping Events
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Three 2-hour events are scheduled for each Saturday. Please note if you prefer the 8:30 a.m. shift or a later time. We work to accommodate your request, but scheduled times are limited.
- The first event begins at 8:30 a.m. So be sure to have everything ready the day before.
- Following completion of each event, the contractor will move to the next event.
- The contractor does not operate chain saws or cutting tools.
- The pile should be well-prepared to make the best use of your time slot.
- A neighborhood representative must be available and at the site on your chipping day.
What We Can and Cannot Chip at a Neighbohood Wood-chipping Event:
| What You Can Chip | What You CanNOt Chip |
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- Limbs and branches up to 6” in
diameter (longer is better). - Woody debris from shrubs and plants.
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- Vines like ivy and blackberry.
- Holly or other thorny material.
- Juniper.
- Twisted branches like rhododendron.
- Limbs with wide forks.
- Dirt-covered branches.
- Lumber—we can’t risk damaging the
machine with a nail.
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Too Late to Sign Up for Neighborhood Wood-chipping?
Want to chip your own? We have do-it-yourself chipping information online.
Does the City provide Chips?
No. The best way to get wood chips is to call a tree service company. You can look them up in the Yellow Pages or online. Tree service companies usually have to pay to dispose of the chips, so often they are happy to give them to residents instead. Generally, you will have to work around their schedule and accept the chips when they have them. It will also mean you need to take quite a large amount.
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