If you’ve always kind of enjoyed raking all those leaves to edge of your yard and having the city come by with a huge truck mounted vacuum and hauling them away, it’s time to get out there and start raking because that program is coming to an end.
This is the final year of loose leaf collection by the City of Greensboro, and the city has just announced the schedule. Leaves that are at the curb by Nov. 6 will be picked up by Dec. 22, and leaves that are at the curb by Jan. 2 will be picked up by Feb. 2.
Or that’s what the city says, but it’s not even in the neighborhood of being true. A couple of neighborhoods have to have their leaves out by Nov. 6, but the vast majority don’t because that is simply the date when the whole leaf program kicks off. It’s going to take the city until Dec. 22 to get to every house in the city, so there are some folks who can get their leaves out to the street on Dec. 21 and still have them picked up.
The city provides an interactive map, which you can click on to see when you neighborhood is scheduled to have its leaves picked up.
Because the schedule can change due to inclement weather, it probably won’t be Feb. 2, but sometime in February when the run is complete, that will be it for loose leaf collection in Greensboro.
Each household will be getting another big plastic bin to go along with the recycling bin and the garbage bin, and this one will be for yard waste. During the leaf season residents will also be allowed to put 15 biodegradable paper bags of leaves or other yard waste.
According to the new yard waste ordinance, the city will only collect clear plastic yard waste bags, and after March 1, 2024, the city will only collect biodegradable paper bags.
According to the city, by providing every household in the city with a new yard waste bin, retiring the current fleet of leaf trucks and buying new equipment to collect bagged yard waste, the city is going to save money.
Lol, the majority of leaves will rot in the street before the 1st pass. Your vote…your city council.
Sickening that leaves will not be “sucked up” by the city, yet our tax dollars continue to pay for The Infamous Civil Rights Museum money pit, WBNE for inferior projects, Cure the Violence that is not and has not ever worked, homeless shelters and so many freebies for all who travel here for them and numerous other money wasting projects…what a sad situation this city and county are in with the council and commissioners we have…so very sad!
Council has been given bad information. This decision will actually cost the city more money. Expect to see a loose leaf fee in the next 3-4 years
Taxes continue to rise at a ridiculous rate yearly, yet the city takes away essentials like this and glass recycling in the name of “savings”.
Vote them all out. Nancy, Skip, and all the rest…
The city is going to keep the leaf-sucking equipment. They’re just going to use it on taxpayers’ wallets instead.
Leaf, garbage, & trash collection is one of the basic services that we pay for. It is not to be a profit item. But their is nothing we can do about it, except to vote conservative. Our local govt gets bigger & bigger as they sign on more of the faithful. Little Portland.
Although I wouldn’t do it, some may deposit their leaves at certain residences around town.
Sir you’re not that brave
The people who do yard maintenance love this ruling. Now they can charge their customers an additional fee to haul off the leaves. Just another added cost to the already loaded costs to live in Blacksboro. Can we dump the leaves at the winter city for the homeless. Leaves are good ground cover and provide heat.
Hey, I’ve got an idea! The city ought to purchase a couple of thousand riding lawnmowers then rent them out so that citizens can take ’em home and mulch their leaves every couple of weeks. Just a nominal rent fee you understand. What? You don’t think that would work? A trailer to haul the mower would be provided you understand, with a hitch for your vehicle.