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LEAF & YARD WASTE RECYCLING

Download the Citywide collection schedule and map here.

Leaf and yard waste recycling runs for six weeks from Monday, November 17 to Monday, December 29, 2008.

Distribution of FREE (recyclable paper) Leaf Collection Bags

FREE leaf/yard waste collection bags are available to citizens in a variety of ways:

• Citizens and neighborhood and community organizations can pick-up FREE bags Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the City Municipal Complex at 500 Wilmington Avenue. Community and neighborhood associations are urged to organize community clean-up events based on a citywide collection schedule also being announced today, and to distribute the bags to neighbors and association members in advance of the clean-up event.

• FREE bags are available Monday through Friday at any of the City’s eight Community Tool Shed locations and from the Office of Constituent Services on the 3rd floor of the Redding City/County Building at 800 North French Street in Downtown Wilmington. Citizens should call ahead to schedule a bag pick-up. The locations are:

1. William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center
   501 N. Madison Street
2. 2nd District Planning Council Office
   2205 Jefferson Street
3. Kingswood Community Center
   23rd and Bowers Streets
4. Latin American Community Center
   403 No. van Buren Street
5. People’s Settlement Association
   408 E. 8th Street
6. Riverfront Development Corporation
   815 Justison Street
7. West End Neighborhood House
   710 N. Lincoln Street
8. Wilmington Police Athletic League (PAL) Center
   3707 N. Market Street
9. Constituent Services Office
   800 N. French Street

Place Your Leaf and Yard Waste Collection Bags Out With Your Trash

Once leaves have been collected into the FREE paper bags, they should be placed at the curb on Thursday or Friday, depending on which day trash is collected in a particular neighborhood. City sanitation crews will collect the bags within 48-hours of the bags being placed at the curb.

Curbside Collection of Leaves by City Sweeper/Vacuum Trucks

Beginning the week of November 17th through mid-December, Public Works crews will use special sweeper/vacuum trucks to collect leaves that have been raked over curb areas onto the street. Citizens must adhere to a leaf collection schedule also being announced today that explains in which areas of the City crews will be working. Leaves should not be raked to the curb until you know that City crews will be in your area with the sweeper/vacuum trucks. The curbside vacuuming of leaves schedule is as follows:

• November 17 through December 1…Area 1 (Northwest) and Area 4 (Baynard Boulevard/Concord Avenue), loosely bounded by Market Street to Miller Road and from Brandywine River to Rockwood Road.

• November 24 through December 5…Area 8 (Riverside) and Area 9 (Eastside), encompassing the communities of Prices Run, Riverside, Eastside and South Wilmington.

• December 1 through December 12…Area 2 (Bancroft Parkway), Area 3 (Woodlawn Avenue/Southwest), and Area 5 (Hedgeville), an area loosely bounded by South Park Drive to Hedgeville and Union Street to the City’s south and west boundaries.

• December 12 through December 29…Area 6 (Midtown, West Center City and Browntown) and Area 7 (Westside/Hilltop/Little Italy), an area bounded by Washington Street to Union Street, Lancaster Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue, plus Midtown Brandywine and Browntown.

For more information about the new leaf and yard waste recycling program, please call Lawrence Collins, Assistant Supervisor, Department of Public Works at (302) 420-8266.

City residents using the services of a private trash/waste removal service must ensure that waste collected is disposed of properly and is not dumped by a private hauler onto City streets or City neighborhoods.

The documents on this page are in PDF format and require Acrobat Reader to view & print. Click here to download a free version of the reader.

Sponsored by the City of Wilmington and the Clean Wilmington Committee.