Photo courtesy of the City of New Albany
Autumn is here, and leaf season is in full swing in New Albany.
Crews will collect leaves until the first week in December, when a final citywide sweep for leaves is performed. Crews will be collecting every other week in your neighborhood using the following schedule:
Oct. 24-28
Neighborhoods north of Dublin-Granville Road
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
Neighborhoods south of Dublin-Granville Road
Nov. 7-11
Neighborhoods north of Dublin-Granville Road
Nov. 14-18
Neighborhoods south of Dublin-Granville Road
Nov. 21-23
Neighborhoods north of Dublin-Granville Road
Nov. 28-Dec. 2
Citywide final sweep
Here are some other tips to help leaf collection go smoothly for your household:
- Rake leaves to the back of the curb, but not in the street.
- Place leaves at the curb before 7 a.m. on collection Monday. Crews cannot guarantee collection of your leaves if they are placed at the curb after that time.
- Do not place leaves near mailboxes, trees, lights or signs, or in shared green spaces. Only rake your leaves to the curb near your home.
- Do not park on the street during collection week until the leaves are collected. Leaves under or behind parked vehicles cannot be collected.
- Do not place any object other than leaves in the leaf piles. Branches, twigs, flowers, rocks and grass clipping can all damage leaf collection equipment.
- Do not place leaves in storm drains. Leaves cause bacteria, deplete oxygen and kill stream wildlife.
- Leaves can also be collected as part of Rumpke’s yard waste collection when trash is collected. Leaves will be collected as yard waste if they are placed in paper yard waste bags or in a container marked “yard waste.”
- Those not wanting to wait for the next yard waste collection can take leaves to Kurtz Brothers Compost Facility, the nearest yard waste dropoff facility. For more information, the address is 6055 Westerville Rd., and the phone number is 614-882-0200.
Trucks will pass each New Albany home at least five times during leaf collection season. New Albany crews typically collect 250 tons of leaves. Once collected, these leaves are delivered to a yard waste processing facility where they are converted to topsoil.
After Dec. 2, New Albany will no longer collect leaves and attention will be turned toward treating our roadways for cold weather. If your household still has leaves after Dec. 2 and you do not want to take the leaves to Kurtz Brothers, you may consider using a mulching lawnmower to mulch leaves back into the lawn. This provides nutrients for the soil. Another potential use for remaining leaves is placing them in and around plant beds and under trees and shrubs. This practice provides nutrients for surrounding soil and insulates the plants.
If you have other questions about leaf collection, please contact New Albany’s Public Service Department at 614-855-0076 or via email at publicservice@newalbanyohio.org.
Scott McAfee is public information officer for the city of New Albany. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.
