Leaf collection (in some areas). How about some notice? (apartments, house)

[martinjsxx]

NYC has resumed special leaf collections in "certain areas" for composting that they did five or more years ago. OK fine, but how about informing residents when they will occur and that leaves will no longer be picked up with regular collections? I had one bag which was half garbage and half leaves because I didn't know about this and they didn't collect it. A simple postcard should be sent to everyone affected informing them about the program and the effective dates.

[bumblebyz]

I think they sent the notice a few weeks back. Not sure if the date is the same everywhere, but in Northeast Queens the next time that they're taking leaves is Nov 20th. Luckily on my block the garbage man still took our leaves. We have huge tress on my block with leaves that drop throughout much of the summer and fall. The garbage men are use to our landscapers bagging leaves every single week so they had no problems tossing it. Seems that this is in all the outer boroughs, but since most of the posters here live in Manhattan or out of state this thread probably won't get much attention.

[martinjsxx]

Sanitation came today and picked up all the trash including leaves. (I didn't put out my leaves.) The leaf collection is Sunday. Makes no sense they left the leaves on Monday and picked them up on Thursday, three days before the leaf collection. I think the Monday crew were just being jerks.

[bumblebyz]

Originally Posted by martinjsxx

Sanitation came today and picked up all the trash including leaves. (I didn't put out my leaves.) The leaf collection is Sunday. Makes no sense they left the leaves on Monday and picked them up on Thursday, three days before the leaf collection. I think the Monday crew were just being jerks.

Yep they'll still pick up the leaves. I think it's really up to them. If you live in a house with lots of greenery obviously you'll have more leaves and etc to throw out than people who live in apartments and can't wait weeks for a pickup.

Did they also drop off a small brown compost garbage can for you? They dropped one off for my house yesterday and starting sometime in December I think we're suppose to separate organic disposables from everything else.

[martinjsxx]

No compost bag for organics yet. As far as the leaves, the city website mentions special leaf collections but also says leaves can be put out with the trash. On Monday I had topped off a bag of garbage with some leaves and they left it. I yelled over to the sanitation guy about the bag as he hurried up the block and he yelled back leaf collection. I have to clean up leaves from city trees and sanitation can't get their act together.