Greencastle leaf pick-up gets under way Oct. 28

Monday, October 14, 2019
The leaf vac will soon return to Greencastle streets, city officials report.
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The crisp air of fall has arrived just in time to begin bringing down the autumn leaves in earnest to await the annual collection efforts of the Greencastle Department of Public Works.

That process is scheduled to start with the city leaf vacuum making its rounds beginning Monday, Oct. 28 and continuing through Nov. 27, Mayor Bill Dory told the City Council at its October meeting.

As is local tradition, leaf-collection efforts will follow the city trash route schedule as closely as possible, weather permitting.

However, that timeframe will also include two fall holidays for city workers -- Tuesday, Nov. 5 (Election Day), Monday, Nov. 11 (Veterans Day). Collection efforts will double up before and after the holiday to stay on schedule.

Residents within city limits are advised to rake leaves to the edge of the street or into the area between the street and sidewalk -- but never into the roadway, city officials stressed.

“Leaves only, no sticks or trash,” Dory said, noting that leaves should be out at the curb the day before trash day to assure prompt pick-up.

Simple rules of city leaf pick-up efforts to keep in mind include:

• No bags, plastic or otherwise, are to ever be used.

• Where there is no curb, leaves should be raked to the edge of the yard (never into the street where they can be washed into the storm sewers).

• No trash or tree limbs should ever be mixed in with leaves (limbs or foreign objects can damage equipment and put the leaf vac out of commission).

• Burning leaves (or trash, for that matter) is not permissible within the city limits of Greencastle.

• The collection schedule will follow city trash routes as closely as possible. So if your trash is picked up on Mondays, the leaf vacuum will probably get your leaves that day as well (unless the effort gets behind because of inclement weather or mass quantities of leaves).

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