Please do not rake leaves into the street until it’s your collection time
Advice a bit too late for most areas of the City, including mine but? Here’s a release from the City of Toledo:
Leaf Pick-up Schedule
Due to the late leaf drop, and the looming snow and ice season, the City of Toledo has only committed to one full pass for leaf collection in 2009. Any second pass service will be weather dependent. All citizens are encouraged to take advantage of the posted leaf pickup schedule on the City of Toledo website (www.toledo.oh.gov) and have all of your leaves at the curb for the first pass. Beginning Monday, November 23, 2009, do not place leaves in the street after the crews have serviced your street, as they will not be picked up. Any remaining small piles of leaves can either be mulched in gardens or bagged for refuse collection after the program has ended.
As a reminder, please do not rake leaves into the street before your scheduled collection. Leaves along the gutter block drainage to storm sewers and will cause hazardous driving conditions. Also, please do not put out sticks and branches because they will damage the leaf collection equipment.
For further information please call the Division of Streets, Bridges, & Harbor at (419) 936-2523.
We and our neighbors have raked piles in the street as high as possible for one reason…TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEEDERS!!!!!
Help from City Hall has been….nada…nuthin…of no use. We are familiar with their level of service…
Happy Turkey Day to all….
November 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pmAnother reason not to rake leaves into the street early: The runoff increases algae in streams, rivers and lakes. http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/11/13/Leaves.ART_ART_11-13-08_B1_VKBSFB5.html?sid=101
November 19th, 2009 at 8:24 pmThe city just heaps the leaves into big piles, one of them at Woodsdale park. Let’s make compost piles in our yards, a more efficient use of leaves.
November 20th, 2009 at 8:46 pmIn Seattle, the city composts the leaves and sells them .
I tried composting last year. The leaves were still in the garden this spring when my mom wanted to plant. We ended up bagging the leaves, and putting them out as garbage. This fall my mom (who is 82) bagged them for collection. My brother raked my next door neighbor’s into the street. I have taken grass clippings and leaves to the compost center on Bancroft. It is a 12 mile trip. There are two centers in the city. Most people will do what is easiest for them. If they can no longer burn leaves (as they do over the border in Michigan) they will likely bag them for the landfill.
November 21st, 2009 at 11:05 amI have seen one screened compost area in a front yard, it looks like a good solution
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:11 amChuck (#5) – We had the chance to become sort of like a Seattle – you know, a forward-looking city with novel ideas like regionalism, emphasis on new technologies and alternative energy research, urban greenification and sensible planning. We maybe could have had a town where people actually move to – but we blew that chance on Nov. 3 when we effectively voted for a fourth term of Carty Finkbeiner.
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:46 pmThe only solution is to go back to the ways things used to be:
1. Compost your own yard waste. If you have excessive amounts, arrange to deposit them with a willing neighbor. If even that doesn’t work, there’s a dumpoff site.
2. Get stuff out of the streets that are clear hazards to road traffic. Roads are designed for TRANSPORT, not for BLOCKAGES.
I still find it amazing that Toledoans will insist on road safety, yet tolerate slippery leaf mud that can only cause accidents.
The poster Tom’s sentiment is part of that derangement. He should be arrested for his part in attempting to cause a traffic accident.
November 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pm