I'm not sure what the official policy is, but this week the city came along Heberton and did a terrific job scooping uo huge piles of leaves that had clearly been put there by homeowners -- rather than just fallen to the street -- over the past week or so. One thing I would like to know is whether the leaves scooped up that way wind up in the same place as those put in bags and recycled on "blue bag day". If so, then its not clear which form of collection is more efficient in terms of labor costs and carbon footprints. Any expert opinion out there? -dk On Nov 17, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Valerie Cummings wrote:
Many of you asked me to share whatever answers I might receive to my inquiry about loose leaf pick up in the neighborhood. I got quite a few responses, and the consensus seems to be that there is no loose leaf pick-up in the city. There are trucks out and about that scoop up leaves from the street, but that seems to be an effort to keep the streets clear of leaves that happen to fall there - not leaves piled up by residents. A few of you pointed out that the city specifically asks residents not to rake leaves into the streets.
I had asked because I've previously lived in communities where loose leaf pick-up is the norm, but that does not appear to be the case here. So, bagging it is! Keep in mind that the recycling trucks will take bagged leaves with the rest of our recycling during the month of November.
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