Grass recycling is an environmentally sound practice of leaving grass clippings on the lawn, or using bagged clippings elsewhere in the home landscape.

Grass clippings traditionally have been bagged and hauled to landfills or yard waste processing centers. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that yard waste accounts for 18% of the refuse that we historically have dumped into landfills, a figure that rises as high as 50% during the growing season. Typical yard waste is composed of approximately 25% tree leaves and limbs, and 75% grass clippings. In recent years, dumping of grass clippings has become a problem because landfills are running out of space.