Heavy Brush & Leaf Pickup

2012 Brush Pickup Schedule

 

Apr – week of the    9th and 23rd
May -week of the    7th and 21st
Jun -  week of the   4th and 18th
Jul – week of the    9th and 23rd
Aug – week of the     6th and 20th
Sept - week of the   4th and 17th

Oct – week of the 9th and 22nd

 

D.P.W. employees pick up on the average of 274 tons of brush annually.

  1. Place piles next to the road and not in the roadway or under overhead wires.
  2. Please put small piles of brush in paper bags.
  3. Brush and Grass clippings are not to be placed in the roadway at any time.
  4. Grass clippings need to be in paper bags and placed to the curb on their trash day during the brush pickup schedule to be  picked up. Grass clipping not bagged after July 1st 2009 will not be picked up and a letter of violation will be sent.
  5. Residents can and are encouraged to put their small piles of brush and yard waste in paper bags also. This is to facilitate a cleaner and  faster pickup.

Fall Leaf Pickup

  • D.P.W. employees pick up on average (575 yards) of both loose and bagged leaves annually.
  • D.P.W. crews pickup leaves until snow covers the piles or the leaves are gone.
  • Please put small piles of leaves in paper bags.
  • Leaves in plastic bags will not be accepted.

 

Tips from OCRRA:

Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) www.ocrra.org  Recommends leaving grass clippings on the lawn! Grass clippings are 80 to 85 percent water. If you mow your lawn once a week, the clippings will filter down and decompose within 7-10 days. Also reduces the amount of fertilizer you need by 25 -30% by returning nutrients to soil. Use as mulch, place up to one inch thick around the base of shrubs. The mulch will prevent water loss and eventually decompose. Compost them. Mix with leaves, wood chips or garden materials.