Learn about the Air District's Agricultural Waste Chipping Program.
The Agricultural Waste Chipping Program encourages qualifying agricultural operations located within the Air District’s nine Bay Area counties to apply for free chipping services provided by The Davey Tree Expert Company to dispose of agricultural waste material in lieu of open burning the material.
Chipping this material will eliminate unhealthy particulate matter emissions that would result if the material were burned.
The program will run until June 30, 2019, or until funds are exhausted (whichever occurs first). The program budget is $150,000.
To determine if you qualify, see the program requirements(283 Kb PDF, 1 pg, revised 08/28/17).
To apply, complete an application(300 Kb PDF, 2 pgs, revised 08/28/17) and follow the submittal instructions.
Note: All piles must comply with the Pile Guidelines(301 Kb PDF, 1 pg, revised 08/28/17) or they will be rejected.