WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Loose leaf collection is beginning in many Triad cities. Check out the dates for your city to find out when your leaves can be picked up.
GREENSBORO
Loose leaf collection begins November 12 and ends December 23. The second collection begins December 27 and ends January 25, 2020.
Property owners should follow these tips:
- Rake leaves to the edge of your yard behind the curb. Don't put leaves in the street or on the sidewalk.
- Remove sticks, rocks and anything else that may damage City equipment.
- Don't park in front of the leaves.
- Check the interactive map to find out when your neighborhood is on the leaf collection schedule.
Collected leaves are made into a fertilizer for the City gardens and landscaped areas.
HIGH POINT
Loose leaf collection begins November 11. Your neighborhood's leaf pickup day depends on your solid waste collection day. Please note, the city does not know an exact day of the week when your leaves will be picked up, so have your leaves at the curb on Monday by 7 a.m. There will be two rounds of leaf pickup. Click here to see the interactive map for leaf collection.
- IF YOU HAVE MONDAY OR WEDNESDAY TRASH PICKUP - Your leaves will be picked up sometime during the week of Monday, November 11 and the week of Monday, December 16.
- IF YOU HAVE TUESDAY OR THURSDAY TRASH PICKUP - Your leaves will be picked up sometime during the week of Monday, November 25 and the week of Monday, January 6, 2020.
WINSTON-SALEM
Loose leaf collection begins Monday, November 4.
The city will collect leaves from homes in four different sections. Collection will be done one quadrant at a time, starting with the area east of downtown and south of Business 40. Crews will loop through the sections for three different rounds of leaf collection this season.
To find out your section for leaf pickup, click here.
Here are some reminders as collection begins:
- Do not park vehicles on, in front of, or near your leaves.
- Do not put your leaves on a tarp.
- For year-round leaf collection, put leaves in a city yard-waste cart.
- Inclement weather may force a change in the leaf collection schedule.
- Rake leaves to the edge of your yard, behind the curb, and not in the street.
- Remember, you may not burn leaves inside the city limits.
- Sticks, rocks, and other debris may damage our equipment. Please, leaves only.
BURLINGTON
Loose leaf collection started on October 14 and runs through January 24.
The city will pick up leaves from four different zones. Pickup times vary for each zone and neighborhood.
Click here to find out what zone you live in.