Dealing with biodegradeable material

This week-end I've been trimming down, cutting down cording off the cutup wood.

The city i live in comes by to pickup branches to pass through a wood chipper for a few weeks each year, unfortunately those weeks are at the beginning of the summer ( April - May ) before most people have a chance to do any of their yard work.

You can take your stuff ( branches, leaves, etc ) to the city dump for free...but the problem is how do you get them there. I have about 6 bundles of branches and 1 full pine tree. how am i supposed to manage to take them to the city.... i could rent a truck and trailer, but that would cost more than i am willing to spend on "ecological" disposal of this stuff. I'm in luck to have a buddy that has a pickup that will give me a hand, but I'm thinking most people would just through this stuff out to the trash.

My question is, is it really that cost prohibitive to continue the "pick-up" service once a month throughout the whole summer?