After Concord residents are done jumping in their leaf piles, they should be sure to rake them to the curb.
The city’s leaf collection service begins Monday and will run through Dec. 7.
Concord and Penacook residents participating in the program should leave their unbagged leaves at the curb by the start of the program. Crews typically sweep through the city only once, so be sure not to miss out.
The only area that has a predetermined scheduled collection is the area around Concord High School in coordination with the Veteran’s Day holiday school closure to minimize public disturbance and in consideration of public safety.
Leery of leaving even one leaf on the lawn? Once the city starts picking up leaves, a collection map will be made available on the city’s website showing where the three collection crews were the previous day, letting organized leaf pilers better predict where the city is going to go next.
And if your beautiful oak doesn’t drop all its leaves in time for collection, you’re in luck: a three-week bagged collection will run simultaneously with the last weeks of bulk collection, starting on Nov. 19 and continuing through Dec. 7.
Residents participating in bagged collection must have leaves in biodegradable yard waste bags or rigid containers labeled “leaves” and at the curb by 7 a.m. each Monday during bagged collection.
Leaves will be collected by the city’s trash and recycling contractor, Casella, but collection will not coincide with trash collection. Due to variable leaf volumes at the curb, leaf collection may occur on a different day than trash collection.
(Caitlin Andrews can be reached at 369-3309, candrews@cmonitor.com or on Twitter at @ActualCAndrews.)