[Highland Park] Consensus on loose leaf pick-up
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.
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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From Wendy Urbanic in the mayor's office:
Mr. Love, Thanks for keeping me in the loop! The leaves that are collected in the brown bags through recycling are composted and returned to the city as mulch. The leaves that we sweep up are only composted if they are not too severely contaminated with litter/garbage. Also, per the City Code: ยง 417.04 DEPOSITS ON STREETS. (a) No person shall deposit on any street any material which may be harmful to the pavement thereof, or any waste material, glass or other articles which may cause injury to persons, animals or property. (b) Materials may be deposited in streets preparatory to delivery or use, provided it does not reduce the usable width of the roadway at that point to less than eighteen (18) feet, and provided that the material other than that to be used in actual building construction, shall not be permitted to remain in the street for more than three (3) hours. In any event, the placing of material shall not seriously interrupt the normal flow of traffic. (c) Any material referred to in subsection (b) hereof shall be protected by barricades and lights sufficient to prevent injury or property damage. Hope this is helpful! Wendy Urbanic Coordinator Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's 311 Response Center 412.255.4784 Fax: 412.255.2789 ----- Original Message ----- From: "klahr" <klahr@cmu.edu> To: <neighborhood@highlandparkpa.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:18PM Subject: Re: [Highland Park] Consensus on loose leaf pick-up
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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Harold Love
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klahr
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Valerie Cummings