from the city of Alexandria:
The City’s annual curbside leaf collection program is a service provided free of charge to all City refuse and recycling residential customers. The program allows for residents to recycle their leaves in three ways.
Three Ways to Recycle Your Leaves!
1. Compost Leaves and Yard Waste - Composting is an easy way to take advantage of nature's recycling to make a valuable organic supplement.
2. Place Leaves in Free Biodegradable Bags - The City provides free biodegradable bags for leaf collection. These bags are located at several City facilities during the collection season and are free of charge. The bags are collected, at the curb, one business day after your regular refuse collection day.
3. Rake leaves to the Curb - Leaf crews will collect leaves raked to the curb with a vacuum truck. The annual leaf collection season is typically from the end of October to the middle of December.
The City encourages residents to use the first two options to reduce the leaf collection costs.
• Use only biodegradable bags for leaves.
• Remove dirt, stones, litter and other debris from leaves before placing in bags. Remember! Leaves placed in plastic bags will not be recycled through our leaf collection program. Yard waste and leaves in plastic bags will be disposed of at the Waste-to-Energy Plant and NOT recycled.
• Bags must be placed at the curb for collection, one business day after your regular refuse collection day.
Free Biodegradable Leaf Bag Locations - Limit 15 bags per visit!
Bags will be available in October 2011. Pick up your free biodegradable bags at the following locations:
• City Hall, 301 King Street
Monday - Friday, 7 a.m - 8 p.m.
• Solid Waste Division, 2900 A Business Center Drive
Monday - Saturday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Charles Barrett Recreation Center, 1115 Martha Custis Drive
Monday - Friday, 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
• Chinquapin Park Recreation Center, 3210 King Street
Monday - Thursday, 6 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday, 6 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• William Ramsey Recreation Center, 5650 Sanger Avenue
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
• Mount Vernon Recreation Center, 2701 Commonwealth Avenue
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Leaves Raked to the Curb Preparation
• Remove stones, litter, branches or other debris. These items can damage our equipment and could hurt our workers!
• Avoid placing leaves in front of storm drains or water meter covers.
• Move parked cars off of leaf piles.
• Rake leaves into a pile(s) at the curb, it enables crews to move more quickly and collect leaves more efficiently.
• Do not rake to alleys or service roads.
• Rake out the day before the earliest collection day scheduled for your area.
During peak leaf season, crews will focus on removing large leaf piles. Please be patient as loose leaves may be left until the next pass through your neighborhood.
Please Note: Our schedule is greatly affected by the weather and rate of leaf fall. Crews work Monday through Friday and holidays except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Leaf collection is just one of many duties of our crews. Crews may be pulled away from leaf collection to support the snow removal operation.
Leaf Collection Questions? Call the Leaf Collection Hotline: 703-746-LEAF (5323). Leaf Collection Zones
Leaf Zone Finder - Know your leaf collection zone! Simply type in your address and locate your zone.
Area I
Rake Out Nov. 12............Nov. 14 Nov. 30............Dec. 2 Dec. 17............Dec. 19
Area III
Rake Out Nov. 1...........Nov. 3 Nov. 19.........Nov. 22 Dec. 7...........Dec. 9
Area II
Rake Out Oct. 29............Oct. 31 Nov. 15............Nov. 17 Dec. 3..............Dec. 6
Area IV
Rake Out Nov. 7............Nov. 9 Nov. 26..........Nov. 28 Dec. 12..........Dec. 14
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