# Yard Waste & Green Waste Removal in San Diego County URL: https://thejunkiez.com/services/yard-waste-removal/san-diego-county/ Summary: Branches, brush, palm fronds, soil and green waste hauled to a composting facility — including brush clearance for fire season. Available same day in San Diego County. Service: Yard Waste & Green Waste Removal Starting price: $225 Pricing: A quarter truck of green waste starts around $225–$300. Soil and gravel are quoted by weight. Area served: San Diego County, San Diego County, California Contact: 323-547-5879 — info@thejunkiez.com Last updated: 2026-08-28 The Junkiez provides same-day yard waste & green waste removal in San Diego County. Branches, brush, palm fronds, soil and green waste hauled to a composting facility — including brush clearance for fire season. Green waste piles up faster than the green bin can take it, particularly after a windstorm or a serious garden overhaul. Palm fronds alone defeat most residential bins. We take it all to a composting or organics facility rather than a landfill, which is both better and, under California’s organics diversion law, increasingly what is required. ### Yard Waste in San Diego County San Diego County runs from the coast to genuine backcountry, and the work changes completely across that distance. Coastal neighbourhoods are tight-lot, rental-heavy and parking-constrained. The older urban core has 1920s bungalows with basements and canyon lots with long carries. Inland — Poway, Escondido, El Cajon, Santee — it is half-acre lots, outbuildings and yards that generate green waste at volumes the coast never sees. Camp Pendleton and the Navy add a constant PCS-driven move-out cycle on top. We are used to military move-out deadlines and can work backwards from a hard report date. Canyon-adjacent properties across the county mean long carries we plan crew around. Miramar, Otay and Sycamore landfills serve the city, South Bay and East County respectively, and green waste is kept as a separate composting load under California organics rules. The inland and backcountry fringes have enforced CAL FIRE defensible-space requirements. ### What we take - Tree branches, limbs and trunk sections - Palm fronds and yucca - Brush, ivy and overgrowth clearance - Grass clippings, leaves and garden waste - Soil, sod, sand and gravel - Old fencing, trellises and planters - Dead plants, stumps and root balls - Pool and patio debris ### Brush clearance for fire season If you are in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone — much of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Verdugos, the foothill communities and large parts of San Diego County — LAFD and CAL FIRE brush clearance inspections require defensible space cleared to a specified distance, and non-compliance means the city clears it and bills you at a rate well above ours. Inspection notices typically go out in late spring. If you have one, send it over; it states exactly what has to go. ### Getting a price in San Diego County We quote free on site, before anything is loaded, and the number does not change afterwards. Our rates are the same everywhere we work — there is no San Diego County surcharge, and stairs, long carries and disassembly are all included. ## Frequently asked questions **Do you take palm fronds?** Yes. They defeat most residential green bins, which is why we get asked constantly. **Can you do fire-season brush clearance?** Yes. Send us your LAFD or CAL FIRE inspection notice and we will clear to the specified distance. **Do you take dirt and concrete?** Yes, quoted by weight rather than volume since dense material fills a truck by mass long before it fills it by space. **Is green waste composted?** Yes — it goes to a composting or organics facility as a separate load, per California SB 1383.