Comments on: Please do not rake leaves into the street until it’s your collection time

By: GuestZero

GuestZero — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:06:57 +0000

The 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.

By: Sujay

Sujay — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:46:04 +0000

Chuck (#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.

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:11:36 +0000

I have seen one screened compost area in a front yard, it looks like a good solution

By: grrreenrax

grrreenrax — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:05:21 +0000

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.

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:46:04 +0000

The 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.
In Seattle, the city composts the leaves and sells them .

By: Sujay

Sujay — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:24:19 +0000

Another 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

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:07 +0000

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….