Oswego to Begin Fall Leaf Collection Oct. 17

OSWEGO, IL — The Village of Oswego will begin its fall leaf collection Oct. 17.

The Village implemented a zoned collection system to provide you with a set schedule for collection. You may track the progress of the leaf collection zones by visiting the Villages map gallery at: www.oswego.maps.arcgis.com.

Zone Collection

Your house is assigned to a zone based upon its location in the Village.

Zone A - All properties west of the Fox River; Hunt Club Subdivision; and all properties east of Fox Bend Golf Course and south of US 34

Zone B – All properties south of Wolf Road; all properties south of US 34 east of the Fox River and west of IL 71 (the downtown area); all properties south of IL 71 excluding the Hunt Club subdivision

Zone C - East of the Fox River and northwest of US 34

Collection Dates

The Village will pick up leaves three times this season. Leaf pickup is scheduled for Monday through Friday as follows:

Zone A – Weeks of Oct. 17 and Nov. 7, and after Nov. 28
Zone B – Weeks of Oct. 24 and Nov. 14, and after Nov. 28
Zone C – Weeks of Oct. 31 and Nov. 21, and after Nov. 28

The Village will make one final pass throughout the entire Village between Nov. 28 and Dec. 2.

Collection

Place leaves in the parkway (in the grass) near the curb by 7 a.m. on Monday of your specified pickup week to guarantee collection during that week. Leaves placed in the parkway after the final collection that week will not be picked up until the next scheduled week of collection.

So not mix foreign materials such as brush, garden waste, tree limbs, vines, lumber, etc. with the leaves. These materials can cause equipment failure or injury. The Village will not pick up leaves containing these materials and will notify you of this condition.

Keep your leaves out of the curb line and street so not to cause hazardous driving conditions or local flooding. Keep in mind that piles must be easily accessible and must contain leaves only. If other debris is in with the leaves the pile will not be picked up. Residents are reminded that leaf burning is prohibited at all times.

Residents may also choose to bag their leaves in yard waste bags. Each bag requires one yard waste sticker and needs to be placed at the curb with garbage and recycling containers by 6:00 a.m. on the normally scheduled garbage collection day. These stickers may be purchased for $1.00 at:

Village Hall – 100 Parkers Mill Rd.
Ace Hardware – 4500 Route 71
Jewel Foods – 2450 Route 30
Jewel Foods – 3795 Orchard Rd.
Meijer’s Store – 2700 U.S. 34
Walgreens – 3401 Orchard Rd.
Walgreens – 410 Chicago Rd.
Lianes Family Pantry – 4574 Route 71

Groot will collect yard waste bags for free on your regular garbage collection day during the week of November 7 through November 11. The final day for collection of yard waste bags is December 2nd.

If you have any questions please call the Public Works office at 630-554-3242 or visit the Village website at www.oswegoil.org.

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