BRUSH AND LEAVES

Fall 2007 BRUSH & LEAF COLLECTIONS INFORMATION

College Township Fall Brush and Leaf Collection

Ferguson Township, Fall Brush and Leaf Collection

Fall Brush Collection begins at 7am on Monday, September 10th. Please be
sure that your brush is placed at the curb on this date.

Fall Leaf Collection will begin at 7am on Monday, October 15th. In order to
ensure the collection of leaves in a timely manner, please observe the following
rules.

• Leaves should be raked to the curb but not onto the street.
• Leaves should be kept in a separate pile from the brush.
Different equipment is used to collect the leaves.
• Fence posts, boards and bricks should not be in the leaf pile.
These things can damage the collection equipment.
• Do not bag the leaves.

Harris Township Fall Brush and Leaf Collection

Brush collection will begin on Monday October 8, 2007.

• Collection will be ONE TIME AROUND ONLY.
• Brush must be piled with the ends of limbs in the same direction,
  preferably pointing in the direction of travel.
• Mixed or tangled piles will not be picked up.
• Maximum diameter of limbs is 10 inches.
• Longer lengths of limbs is preferred.
• Do not tie brush in bundles.
• Stumps, old firewood, and construction material will not be picked up.
• Brush will not be collected from lots being cleared for construction purposes.
• Maintenance crews will not enter private property.
• Crews will spend no more than 20 minutes at one property.
  If your pile is too large to be chipped in 20 minutes, please make other arrangements.

Leaf collection will begin on Monday October 22, 2007.

• LEAVES - please do not place in trash bags.
• Have leaves ready by 7:00 a.m. beginning the designated week in April
• Do not place leaves on roadway or in drainage ways.
• If desired, place tarp over leaf pile to prevent blowing away.
  Crews will uncover leaves and place tarp on your property.
• Items for collection should be no more than 5 feet from curb.
• Maintenance crews will not enter private property.
• Brush and leaves must be piled separately.

Please call Al Klinger, Harris Township Public Works at 466-6228 with any questions regarding brush or leaf collection.
 

Patton Township Fall Brush and Leaf Collection

Limbs/Brush ONLY will be picked up beginning Monday, September 17, 2007. The final collection trip through the Township will begin on October 1, 2007. Limbs/brush must be placed by the road by 7:00 AM on the following dates to be collected in the final trip:

Area                                                                Final Day for Limb/Brush Collection
Park Forest                                           Tuesday, October 2
Oakwood, Woodycrest, Toftrees               Thursday, October 4
Homestead Farms, Rural Areas                  Friday, October 5

1. Keep leaves and brush in separate piles, mixed piles cannot be picked up. They are picked up by different crews with different equipment.

3. Place brush and leaves within 5 feet of the edge of the road. Pile all cut ends of brush in the same direction – towards the street.

5. A maximum of 4 truckloads of limbs and brush will be collected from a single property.

Please call Glen Coakley, Patton Township Public Works at 234-0271 with any questions regarding brush or leaf collection.
 

State College Borough Brush and Yard Waste Collection

• The Borough will pick up your residential brush and yard wastes as part of your refuse service.

• Brush and small limbs must be bundled and securely tied in lengths not exceeding four foot.

• Hedge clippings and loose yard waste should be in containers.

• Yard wastes should be placed at the curb on your regular collection day.

• Brush is chipped and recycled or handled as normal household trash depending on the size of the material.

• If your yard waste is to be chipped, it will be collected on Wednesday by appointment.

• There is no brush collection in a week which has a holiday.

To schedule a brush collection you can call the State College Borough's Public Works Department at 234-7135.

State College Borough Spring and Fall Leaf Collection

• Spring leaf collection program generally begins the second full week of April and lasts approximately two weeks.
   
• Fall leaf collection begins approximately the first week of October and continuing each weekday until the first full week in December.
   
• At the end of the fall collection program, leaves will not be collected again until spring.
• For a detailed map of State College Borough collection areas, please click here.

Leaf Collection General Information

• Residents should pile their leaves at the curb in the grass plot area and within 5 feet of the curb.
• Residents are reminded not to place leaves in bags, not to rake leaves into the street, and not to place twigs, brush and other items with the leaves.
• Please do not place leaves in bags. Placing leaves in bags slows the work of the crews.
• Raking leaves into the street creates a traffic hazard and causes street flooding by clogging inlets during rainfall.
• Parked cars will not hamper collection if leaves are properly placed in the grassplot area.
• Leaves will not be collected with the regular refuse or in alleys.

• Leaves are collected in each of the following areas on alternating weeks:

1. College Heights and West of Atherton Street
2. East of Atherton Street and South of College

• Leaves collected by the Borough are composted by the Borough and are not buried in the landfill.
• Composted leaves and grass or humus is made available to residents at our grass recycling areas.