By Your Leaf: Manchester Leaf Pick-up Rules, Tips & Schedule Announced

An announcement on the Manchester town government website:

Each fall, the Town receives many inquiries from residents regarding the leaf collection program. The following information may be useful in understanding the Leaf Collection Program:

As part of the Town’s continuing effort to improve efficiency and maintain the safest operation possible, it is possible that leaves on one side of a street will be collected up to two or three days in advance of the other side of the street.

Residents are reminded that once vacuum collection has been completed on your street, leaf disposal must be either in paper yard waste bags set out at the curb on your normal trash collection day, or dropped off at the Manchester Landfill on Olcott Street.

To see which area your road is located, please refer to the Route Schedule.

Leaf Collection Areas and Schedule - PDF

Area 1 collection begins November 3rd. Area 2 collection begins November 12th.

For a printable version of the Leaf Collection Street Status Map, see the Street Status Map - PDF

Rake leaves to the front of your property prior to your scheduled collection. Do not block sidewalks, rake leaves into the street or place leaves between the street and sidewalk.

Do not block leaves with parked cars. Crews will not return to any properties blocked by cars.

Please keep any storm drains free of leaves and other debris year round. Help keep our water clean. Report illegal dumping into storm drains at 860-647-3067.

Help us by keeping leaf piles free of brush, refuse, rocks and other foreign matter.

In addition to curbside vacuum collection, residents have the following options available:

Curbside Paper Leaf Bag Collection

Residents can set out paper leaf bags for curbside collection on the day of their normal refuse/recycling collection.

Curbside collection of paper leaf bags takes place from March 15th through the end of the second week in January.

Leaves in barrels, plastic bags or cardboard boxes will not be collected.

No rubbish is to be mixed in with leaves.

There are two sizes of bags available:

• 30 gallon paper bags may be purchased for $0.30 each
• 45 gallon paperbags may be purchased for $0.45 each

Each may be purchased at the following locations:

Town Hall, Customer Service Center, 41 Center Street

Senior Center, 549 East Middle Turnpike

Landfill Office, 1 Landfill Way

Community Y, 78 North Main Street

Paper leaf bags purchased from area retail stores are also acceptable.

Drop Off Sites

Residents may drop off loose or paper bagged leaves at the Landfill composting area year-round from 7:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. (Mon - Sat).

During hours when the Landfill is closed, residents may drop off loose or paper bagged leaves at the parking lot at 263 Olcott Street from October 15 through December 31. (No brush or plastic bags, please.)

If you or a group wish to volunteer to assist those needing help with leaves or snow removal, please call the Customer Service & Information Center at 860-647-5235.Note:

• Do not allow children to play in leaf piles.
• Collection schedule is subject to change due to weather or unforeseen circumstances.

Did you know?

The Town of Manchester recycles over 38,500 cubic yards of leaves each year!

The leaves are composted and available for sale to the public at the Landfill. Call 860-647-3257 for more information.

The Success of the Leaf Collection program is dependent upon the weather and volume of leaves; because of this we cannot determine when the crew will be at a specific location. Your understanding and cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Looking for more information about the leaf collection....visit the FAQ’s page.

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