Green waste remains  on your property as your waste unless you …. follow the rules. The Santa Cruz County company,   Greenwaste Recovery Inc,  says: You must put your “green” yard debris  into GREEN bio-degradable bags — not plastic bags — and those green biodegradable bags must weigh less than 50 pounds.  Those are the garbage company’s rules. For a mere $4.00 per bag Greenwaste will take plastic bags as “garbage”. Does the garbage company supply the appropriate bags? No – you buy them. Ace Hardware in the Rancho del Mar shopping center in Aptos carries 5 bags for $3.49 that hold 30 gallon and are for composting. These are heavy duty paper bags. Looking on the internet for bio-degradable bags ….. Where does Santa Cruz county green waste go? Elsewhere!   written by Cameron Jackson