HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpring Brush and Leaf 20252025 Spring Brush and Leaf Pickup
The Town of Ithaca Public Works Department will be picking up yard waste (brush, leaves, pine needles,
dead flowers, garden waste, and grass clippings) starting Monday, April 21st, and will continue throughout
the Town that week until finished. All yard waste must be at the roadside by 7 a.m. on the first day of
collection.
THERE WILL BE NO SECOND COLLECTION AND NO CALL BACKS.
The intention of the Town’s roadside collection service is for Town residents outside the Village of
Cayuga Heights and the City of Ithaca to put a reasonable amount of yard waste (as is generated during a
normal year) out at the roadside for pick up by the Town’s crews. Clearing of building lots and hedgerows is
beyond a normal amount of material. Roadside collection crews reserve the right to not pick up excessively
large volumes of brush and improperly piled materials.
Please note that our crews do not use leaf vacuum machines for spring leaf pick up, therefore, no
loose piles will be picked up. Also, no plastic bags will be picked up.
Brush you collect before the first day of the pickup needs to remain out of the highway right-of-way
until a couple of days before pick up; this will ensure your safety and that of your neighbors. Errant brush piles
can wreak havoc on the storm water systems and can create a hazard for walkers and cyclists.
WHAT TO DO
Bag leaves, garden and other yard waste in biodegradable paper bags. Fill bags and place on road
shoulder. Fold over openings of bags to close – do not staple or tape.
Brush should be placed in neat piles going with the flow of traffic so that the chipping trucks can feed
the cut ends first.
Brush piles should be no larger than a pickup truck load (approximately 2’ H x 4’ W x 8’ L in size). It is
not necessary to cut limbs into small pieces.
Put out limbs no larger than 8 inches in diameter.
Place brush and biodegradable bags filled of yard waste along road shoulder or at the end of the
driveway if no shoulder exists.
WHAT NOT TO DO
Do not tie bundles of brush.
Do not place any materials in a ditch.
Do not put out metal, rocks, glass, roots, stumps, or lumber scraps.
Do not put brush and leaf bags out until the week before collection.
For more information, please call 273-1656 between 6:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
You may also drop your yard waste off at the Public Works Facility at 114 Seven Mile Drive, Monday through
Friday from 7:00 a.m. through 2:30 p.m. year-round. Please first sign in at the office.
