2015 Town Leaf Collection Schedule and Information
The East Hartford Public Works Department will begin the
Town's annual curbside leaf collection program on Monday, November 2, 2015.
Residents are asked to note the program will feature a one-time vacuuming of leaves placed next to the edge of the road in piles-please do not pile leaves directly in the road. Leaves will be vacuumed Monday through Saturday from November 2nd until leaves are collected once along each street, weather permitting. There will be no leaf collection on two Town-observed holidays; Veterans Day November 11, 2015 and Thanksgiving Day November 26, 2015. A second collection pass may occur as weather permits.
Collection will start on roads in the northwest corner of Town in the area of Pitkin Street and then proceed north and east through the Burnham and Goodwin Street areas. Collection will then proceed down in a clockwise direction before entering areas in the south end of Town.
Town crews will also pick up leaves placed in biodegradable brown paper bags through December 11, 2015, weather permitting. Leaves in biodegradable brown paper bags will be collected weekly. The use of the brown bags is strongly encouraged since early snow may require suspension or cancelation of vacuum leaf collection until the spring.
Residents must have all of their bagged leaves at curbside by December 11, 2015 to ensure collection. Leaves in plastic bags will not be collected and bags with grass clippings, branches or other foreign matter will not be collected.
The progress of the leaf collection program will be available on the Public Works 24 hour information telephone line, 291-7374, or by calling the Highway Services Division at 291-7371, Monday through Friday between 7:30 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. Frequent updates and a color coded map of the collection progress will be placed here on the bulletin of our website, check back weekly for updates.
Please Note:As always residents may also bring their leaves to the Transfer Station on Ecology Drive. Bulky waste permits are not required for residents entering the Transfer Station with leaves only. Normal Transfer Station hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 7:15 A.M. to Noon and 12:30 to 2:45 P.M. and on the first and third Saturdays of the month from 8:00 A.M. to 1:45 P.M. The Transfer Station will also be open on Saturday, November 14th, and Saturday, November 28th for residents to drop-off their leaves.
Progress of the collection is weather dependent and will be affected by rain or snow. Snowfall before mid-December may cause a suspension or cancelation of the program until snow has melted allowing leaves to be vacuumed.