Watering, fertilization, and sharpness of the mower blade have a much greater influence on the occurrence of disease than returning clippings. Do Your Part Landfill space across Arkansas is being rapidly depleted. Each year Arkansans send over two million tons of solid waste to landfills. Total yard waste makes up 20 percent of this solid waste. Grass clippings account for more than 10 percent of the solid waste going into landfills.
Many cities have only a few years' worth of landfill space remaining.
Given today's trends, it is possible that many areas will be without landfill space by the end of the 1990s. Anyone who maintains a lawn can do their part in easing the landfill crunch by not bagging grass clippings. The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The mention of any commercial product in this web site does not imply its endorsement by the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service over other products not named, nor does the omission imply that they are not satisfactory.