I have removed noxious weeds, what do I do with the plant material?
The safest way to get rid of plant material is to bag it and bring it to the solid waste facility as trash, not compost. There are conflicting reports on the effects of composting noxious weeds. Some argue the compost gets to a high enough temperature for it to kill any propagules (seeds / root fragments / etc), whilst others report instances of noxious weeds growing out of a compost pile. Therefore, to err on the side of caution, the Weed Board advices people to out their weeds into the trash.

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1. There are weeds on property next to mine which keeps infesting my property, what can I do?
2. I keep removing weeds but they keep coming back up each year, what can I do?
3. I have removed noxious weeds, what do I do with the plant material?
4. I have a plant in my garden and I do not know the species. How do I identify it?
5. I have a noxious weed in my garden and I know the species, how do I control it?
6. What does the Jefferson County Noxious Weed Control Board do?
7. What are Noxious Weeds?
8. Who Decides What is a Noxious Weed?
9. Who Should Control Noxious Weeds?