City Of Clayton: Curbside Residential Leaf Pickup

Press release from the City of Clayton:

October 23, 2021

As a reminder, residents can place leaves and other yard waste in collection bags for pickup on your scheduled yard waste day. Please visit www.claytonmo.gov/collection for more details on yard waste collection.

Schedule for curbside residential leaf pickup

Spring Leaf Collection will take place the first two weeks of April. Fall Leaf Collection will take place from mid-October through mid-January. The time that leaves fall is not predictable each year and when there are extreme temperature drops it can result in high volume of leaves being dropped in a short period of time. This can have a severe impact on the crews ability to stay on schedule while thoroughly clearing the curb line/parking lane. During this peak part of the season there may be certain days where leaves will be partially collected so crews are able to maintain the schedule. These area will be noted for further collection on the designate "catch-up" weeks. Thank you in advance for your patience during fluctuations in the schedule.

• Fall Leaf Collection Schedule
• Fall Leaf Collection Schedule - sorted by neighborhood
• Spring Leaf Collection Schedule

Do's & Don'ts for leaf collection...

• Obey the street sweeping signs on the scheduled leaf collection day.
• All streets will be collected on the scheduled day or the following workday, rain or shine.
• Rake leaves into curb-line by 7 AM on the day of your collection & please, no plastic bags, limbs or brush.
• Leaves placed at the curb after 7 AM on your collection day may not be collected until the next cycle.
• In case of inclement weather (heavy rain, snow or ice), the leaf collection schedule will be modified. Please call Public Works at 290-8540 or visit the website for a revised schedule.
• Do not rake the leaves onto islands, parkways, or common areas.
• Leaves from islands, parkways and common areas will be picked up as time permits. These areas may be skipped to keep with the schedule of leaf collection in front of residential properties.
• Alley pickup is not available.
• The 4th and 5th weeks of the month will be used as "catch-up" days. On regular collection days, crews will be making the best effort to collect each and remain on schedule, this may result in removal of most but not all leaves in some locations. Crews will document and return to only these areas during the "catch up" weeks, these days will not be for additional leaf pickup through each neighborhood.

This press release was produced by the City of Clayton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.