Yard Waste Dropoff Terms of Use

Effective Date: 2026-11-10

Last Updated: 2026-11-10

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE. ARTICLE 10 EXPLAINS THAT LISTINGS MAY BE WRONG OR OUT OF DATE AND THAT YOU MUST CONFIRM DETAILS WITH THE FACILITY OPERATOR OR ITS OFFICIAL SOURCE PAGE BEFORE YOU GO. ARTICLE 17 CONTAINS A BINDING ARBITRATION PROVISION AND A WAIVER OF CLASS ACTIONS THAT AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, AND DESCRIBES HOW YOU MAY OPT OUT.

ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS AND PARTIES

1.1 Operator. The website located at yardwastedropoff.com is owned and operated by Cosmodrome Digital (the "Operator," also referred to herein as "we," "us," or "our").

1.2 Definitions. As used in these Terms of Use: (a) "Site" means Yard Waste Dropoff, the website located at yardwastedropoff.com, including all of its pages, subdomains and features; (b) "Content" means all text, data, listings, maps, search results, guides, graphics, software and other materials made available on or through the Site; (c) "Listing" means an entry on the Site describing a yard waste, brush, compost or mulch drop-off or pickup location or program; (d) "Facility Operator" means the government agency, contractor or other organization that runs a location or program described in a Listing; (e) "Operator Content" means Content created by or for the Operator, as distinguished from Third-Party Content; (f) "Third-Party Content" means Content owned by or licensed from persons other than the Operator, including the materials described in Article 7; (g) "Terms" means these Terms of Use, together with all documents incorporated herein by reference; and (h) "you" and "your" mean any person who accesses or uses the Site.

ARTICLE 2. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

2.1 Binding Agreement. These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and the Operator governing your access to and use of the Site. By accessing, browsing, or using the Site in any manner, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.

2.2 Incorporated Documents. The Yard Waste Dropoff Privacy Policy, available at /privacy/ (the "Privacy Policy"), and the credits and data sources page, available at /credits/ (the "Credits Page"), are each incorporated into and form part of these Terms by this reference.

ARTICLE 3. ELIGIBILITY; NO USE BY CHILDREN UNDER 13

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under the age of thirteen (13). Children under the age of thirteen (13) may not use the Site. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least thirteen (13) years of age. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may use the Site only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian, who agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf. You further represent that your use of the Site does not violate any law or regulation applicable to you.

ARTICLE 4. LICENSE TO USE THE SITE

4.1 Limited License. Subject to your continued compliance with these Terms, the Operator grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to access and use the Site, free of charge, for your personal, non-commercial, informational purposes.

4.2 Sharing. You may share links to pages of the Site and may quote brief excerpts of Operator Content with attribution to Yard Waste Dropoff and a link to the Site, to the extent permitted by applicable law, including the doctrine of fair use.

4.3 Reservation of Rights. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved by the Operator and its licensors. The Operator's compilation of Listings, including their selection, arrangement, descriptions and the Site's database as a whole, is offered under an all-rights-reserved basis and is not licensed for reuse except as permitted by Article 4 or by law. Portions of the Site's database derived from OpenStreetMap are not covered by that reservation: they remain available under the Open Database License as described in Section 7.3.

ARTICLE 5. PROHIBITED USES

5.1 Prohibited Conduct. You agree not to, and not to permit or assist any other person to:

(a) use the Site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation, including any rule of a Facility Operator;

(b) use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means to access, copy, extract, index, or monitor the Site or any Content, or to obtain bulk copies of data displayed on the Site, except that operators of public search engines may use crawlers in accordance with the Site's robots.txt file solely to create publicly available search indices, and except as permitted for OpenStreetMap-derived data under Section 7.3;

(c) copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, license, or create derivative works from any Operator Content, including by harvesting Content for use in datasets or to train machine learning or artificial intelligence models, except as expressly permitted in Article 4 or by an applicable license stated on the Site;

(d) use any Third-Party Content other than in accordance with the license or terms applicable to it, or remove, alter, or obscure any credit, attribution, license notice, copyright notice, or map attribution;

(e) interfere with, disrupt, or circumvent the operation, security, or integrity of the Site, including by introducing viruses or other malicious code, overloading the Site's infrastructure, or attempting to gain unauthorized access to any system or network connected to the Site;

(f) interfere with, manipulate, or generate fraudulent impressions of or clicks on any advertisement displayed on the Site, or encourage any other person to do so;

(g) submit false, misleading or malicious corrections or suggested edits;

(h) frame, mirror, or embed the Site or any Content in another website or application in a manner that removes or obscures advertisements, notices, credits, or attribution, without the Operator's prior written permission; or

(i) use the Site in any manner that suggests that the Operator, or any Facility Operator, agency or data provider whose information appears on the Site, sponsors or endorses you or your products or services.

ARTICLE 6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE OPERATOR

6.1 Ownership. The Site and the Operator Content, including the Site's software and source code, design, icons, guides, explanatory text, compiled Listings, and the selection, coordination and arrangement of Content, are owned by the Operator or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, database and other intellectual property laws, subject to the rights of OpenStreetMap contributors and other licensors described in Article 7. Nothing in these Terms transfers to you any right, title, or interest in any Operator Content.

6.2 Names and Trademarks. Yard Waste Dropoff, Cosmodrome Digital, and related names, logos and designs are trade names or trademarks of the Operator and may not be used without the Operator's prior written permission. All other names, trademarks and logos appearing on the Site, including the names of agencies, municipalities, Facility Operators and data providers, and any names or marks appearing in advertisements, are the property of their respective owners and are used solely to identify them.

6.3 No Affiliation or Endorsement. The Operator is independent. The Site is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any government agency, municipality, Facility Operator, contractor or data provider whose name, data, or content appears on the Site, and the appearance of any such name, data, or content does not imply any such affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement. A Listing is not an endorsement of a location, program, product or service.

ARTICLE 7. THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, DATA SOURCES AND ATTRIBUTION

7.1 General. The Site displays Third-Party Content, each item of which remains the property of its owner and is used under the license, terms, or legal permission applicable to it, as identified on the Site or on the Credits Page. The Operator endeavors to credit each item of Third-Party Content as its owner or license requires. These Terms do not grant you any license to Third-Party Content. Your use of any Third-Party Content is governed solely by the license or terms applicable to it.

7.2 Government Sources. Many Listings summarize facts (such as addresses, hours, fees, accepted materials and residency rules) published by state, county and municipal agencies and their contractors. Each such Listing identifies and links to its source page. The source page, and the Facility Operator, are the authoritative source for that information. The Operator does not reproduce the full text of source pages and is not responsible for their content or availability.

7.3 OpenStreetMap Data. Certain Listings and map data are derived from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and are made available under the Open Database License 1.0 ("ODbL"), available at https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/. To the extent the Site's database contains a derivative of the OpenStreetMap database, that derivative portion is offered under the ODbL as required by its share-alike terms.

7.4 Gazetteer and Map Tiles. Approximate locations, county names and ZIP code search use GeoNames postal-code data licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Map tiles are provided by OpenFreeMap using OpenMapTiles schema and OpenStreetMap data, and are loaded by your browser from their servers, as credited on the map and on the Credits Page.

7.5 Images. Where the Site displays images, they are public-domain United States government works or works licensed under a Creative Commons license, each credited with its author, license and source as shown on the Site or the Credits Page.

7.6 Rate Limits and Source Terms. The Operator accesses third-party data sources in accordance with their published usage policies and caches such data so as not to burden those sources. The Operator does not use data obtained from Google Maps, Google Places, Yelp, Facebook or other services whose terms prohibit such use. You agree not to use the Site in any manner that would cause the Operator to breach any such policy.

ARTICLE 8. COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS, CORRECTIONS AND SUGGESTED EDITS

8.1 Notices. The Operator respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that any Content on the Site, or any credit or attribution for it, infringes your copyright or other rights or is inaccurate, please send a written notice by electronic mail to cosmodromedigital@gmail.com">cosmodromedigital@gmail.com with the subject line "Copyright Notice," containing: (a) your name and contact information; (b) identification of the work you claim has been infringed; (c) identification of the material on the Site that you claim is infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to permit the Operator to locate it (such as the page address); (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; (e) a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the rights claimed to be infringed; and (f) your physical or electronic signature.

8.2 Response. Upon receipt of a notice that substantially complies with Section 8.1, the Operator will review the matter promptly and may, in its discretion, remove or disable access to the material, correct its credit or attribution, or replace it.

8.3 Corrections and Suggested Edits. If you believe that a Listing is wrong, out of date, or describes a location that has closed, please use the "Report a problem or suggest an edit" link on that Listing or contact the Operator at cosmodromedigital@gmail.com">cosmodromedigital@gmail.com, ideally with a link to an official page that confirms the change. Facility Operators may also ask for their Listing to be corrected. The Operator welcomes corrections but is under no obligation to make any change, and may verify a suggestion against official sources before acting on it. By sending a suggestion, you grant the Operator a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual license to use the factual information it contains to maintain the Site.

ARTICLE 9. INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY; NO PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

The Site and the Content are provided for general informational purposes only. Nothing on the Site constitutes legal, regulatory, environmental compliance, safety, horticultural, or other professional advice, or a recommendation to take or refrain from taking any action. Guides on the Site describe common practices and are not a statement of the rules of any particular location. No professional-client, fiduciary, or other special relationship is created between you and the Operator by your use of the Site.

ARTICLE 10. ACCURACY OF LISTINGS; CALL AHEAD

10.1 Nature of the Listings. Listings are compiled by the Operator from government web pages, OpenStreetMap and other open sources, sometimes in summarized form, and are refreshed on a schedule rather than in real time. Each Listing shows its source and the date it was last checked. Map pins may be approximate (for example, placed at a ZIP code or city center) where a source does not give an exact location.

10.2 No Assurance of Accuracy. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HOURS, FEES, RESIDENCY AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, ACCEPTED MATERIALS, SEASONAL SCHEDULES, LOCATIONS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FREE MULCH OR COMPOST CHANGE FREQUENTLY, AND THAT LISTINGS ON THE SITE MAY BE WRONG, INCOMPLETE, OUT OF DATE, OR DESCRIBE LOCATIONS OR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE CLOSED, MOVED, RUN OUT OF MATERIAL, OR CHANGED THEIR RULES. Without limitation: (a) Facility Operators may close for weather, holidays, maintenance or storms without notice; (b) giveaway programs may end when supplies run out; (c) fees and residency rules may differ from what is shown; and (d) source pages may themselves be out of date.

10.3 Call Ahead and Follow Site Rules. BEFORE YOU TRAVEL TO OR USE ANY LOCATION, YOU MUST CONFIRM CURRENT HOURS, FEES, ELIGIBILITY AND ACCEPTED MATERIALS WITH THE FACILITY OPERATOR OR ITS OFFICIAL SOURCE PAGE. You are solely responsible for complying with all rules of the Facility Operator, for securing and transporting your load safely and lawfully, for any fees charged by the Facility Operator, and for your own safety and the safety of others while loading, unloading or handling material. The Operator does not operate, inspect or control any location listed on the Site and is not responsible for the condition, safety, quality or content of any mulch, compost, wood chips or other material you obtain from any location.

10.4 Your Responsibility. The Operator does not warrant that any Content is accurate, complete, current, or suitable for any purpose, and is under no obligation to update or correct any Content. Any reliance you place on the Content is strictly at your own risk.

ARTICLE 11. THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS

The Site contains links to third-party websites, including the official source page for each Listing, and the Site may display, when advertising is enabled, advertisements served by third parties, including Google. Such links and advertisements are provided solely as a convenience and do not constitute or imply any endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by the Operator. The Operator does not control and is not responsible for the content, accuracy, products, services, or privacy practices of any third party. Your access to any third-party website is at your own risk and subject to that website's terms and policies.

ARTICLE 12. PRIVACY

Your use of the Site is subject to the Privacy Policy, which describes how information is collected and used in connection with the Site.

ARTICLE 13. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

13.1 THE SITE AND ALL CONTENT, INCLUDING ALL LISTINGS, THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND DATA, ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE OPERATOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, COMPLETENESS, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

13.2 WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE OPERATOR DOES NOT WARRANT THAT (A) THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (B) ANY LISTING OR OTHER CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, OR CURRENT; (C) ANY LOCATION OR PROGRAM WILL BE OPEN, AVAILABLE, FREE OF CHARGE, OR AS DESCRIBED; (D) ANY DEFECT OR ERROR WILL BE CORRECTED; OR (E) THE SITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKE IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND YOUR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

13.3 SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

ARTICLE 14. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

14.1 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OPERATOR OR ITS OWNERS, AFFILIATES, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OR SUCCESSORS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "OPERATOR PARTIES") BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, SAVINGS, DATA, OR GOODWILL, OR FOR ANY WASTED TRIP, FEE, FINE, PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR FINANCIAL LOSS ARISING FROM ANY RELIANCE ON THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STATUTE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE OPERATOR PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

14.2 BECAUSE THE SITE IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE OPERATOR PARTIES FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE SITE, OR THE CONTENT SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$50.00).

14.3 THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS ARTICLE 14 ARE AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN YOU AND THE OPERATOR AND SHALL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. NOTHING IN THESE TERMS LIMITS OR EXCLUDES ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE LIMITED OR EXCLUDED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

ARTICLE 15. INDEMNIFICATION

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Operator Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, damages, losses, judgments, settlements, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your violation of these Terms; (b) your misuse of the Site or the Content, including any reuse of Third-Party Content in breach of its license; (c) your use of any location or material described on the Site; or (d) your violation of any law, any Facility Operator rule, or the rights of any third party.

ARTICLE 16. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE

16.1 Governing Law. These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Alabama, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

16.2 Exclusive Venue. Subject to Article 17, any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be brought exclusively in the state courts located in Jefferson County, Alabama, or in the United States District Court for the district that includes Jefferson County, Alabama, and you and the Operator each irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of, and venue in, such courts and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum.

ARTICLE 17. DISPUTE RESOLUTION BY BINDING ARBITRATION; CLASS ACTION WAIVER

17.1 Informal Resolution. Before commencing any arbitration or court proceeding, you and the Operator agree to attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute informally for at least thirty (30) days after written notice of the dispute is given to the other party (in your case, by electronic mail to cosmodromedigital@gmail.com">cosmodromedigital@gmail.com).

17.2 Agreement to Arbitrate. Except for (a) claims that qualify for, and remain in, small claims court, and (b) claims for injunctive or other equitable relief concerning intellectual property or unauthorized access to or use of the Site, you and the Operator agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site shall be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect, before a single arbitrator. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Article 17. The arbitration shall be conducted in Jefferson County, Alabama, or by telephone, video conference, or written submissions, and judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. Payment of filing, administration and arbitrator fees shall be governed by the AAA's Consumer Arbitration Rules.

17.3 Class Action Waiver. YOU AND THE OPERATOR AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE THE CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON AND MAY NOT PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

17.4 Opt-Out. You may opt out of this Article 17 by sending written notice by electronic mail to cosmodromedigital@gmail.com">cosmodromedigital@gmail.com within thirty (30) days after you first use the Site, stating your name and your intent to opt out of arbitration. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Terms.

17.5 Severability of This Article. If the class action waiver in Section 17.3 is found unenforceable as to any claim, then this Article 17 shall not apply to that claim, which shall proceed in accordance with Article 16.

ARTICLE 18. MODIFICATIONS; TERMINATION

18.1 Modifications to the Site. The Operator may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site, any feature, Listing or Content, in whole or in part, at any time and without notice or liability to you.

18.2 Modifications to these Terms. The Operator may revise these Terms at any time by posting the revised Terms on the Site and updating the "Last Updated" date above. The revised Terms shall be effective upon posting, and your continued use of the Site after posting constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Site.

18.3 Termination and Suspension. The Operator may, in its sole discretion and without notice, terminate, suspend, or restrict your access to all or any part of the Site, including by blocking IP addresses or automated traffic, for any reason, including any actual or suspected violation of these Terms. Articles 6 through 10 and 13 through 19 shall survive any termination of your access to the Site.

ARTICLE 19. GENERAL PROVISIONS

19.1 Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

19.2 No Waiver. The failure of the Operator to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. Any waiver must be in writing to be effective.

19.3 Entire Agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and the Credits Page, constitute the entire agreement between you and the Operator with respect to the Site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings regarding that subject matter.

19.4 Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights hereunder without the Operator's prior written consent. The Operator may freely assign or transfer these Terms, in whole or in part, without restriction, including to any affiliate or successor entity (including a limited liability company formed to operate the Site) or in connection with a transfer of the Site.

19.5 Force Majeure. The Operator shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including the unavailability of any third-party data source, hosting provider, or network.

19.6 Interpretation. Article and section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of these Terms. The word "including" means "including without limitation."

ARTICLE 20. CONTACT

Questions concerning these Terms, copyright notices, corrections and suggested edits may be directed to the Operator by electronic mail at cosmodromedigital@gmail.com">cosmodromedigital@gmail.com.

Effective Date: 2026-11-10

Last Updated: 2026-11-10