Didn't Get Your Leaves Raked In The Fall? Now's Your Chance

If you didn’t quite get your leaves cleaned up in the fall, here’s your chance to get them picked up.

Brick’s annual spring leaf collection is set to begin Monday, April 6. Leaves will be collected in accordance with the township’s recycling day with residents whose recyclables are collected on Tuesdays having the first collection.

“We have decided to change our leaf collection schedule this year. In the past, Monday recycling routes were always the first to be collected. In the interest of fairness, we have decided to rotate the collections moving forward,” said Mayor John G. Ducey. “For this year, residents with Tuesdays will be collected first and residents with Monday recycling will be collected last. Next year, Wednesdays will go first and so on.”

The change was made after numerous residents voiced their concerns about the collection schedule.

The complete schedule for the 2015 Spring Leaf Collection is as follows:

• Residents with TUESDAY recycling collection should have their leaves at the curb by Monday, April 6.
• Residents with WEDNESDAY recycling collection should have their leaves at the curb by Monday, April 13.
• Residents with THURSDAY recycling collection should have their leaves at the curb by Monday, April 20.
• Residents with FRIDAY recycling collection should have their leaves at the curb by Monday, April 27.
• Residents with MONDAY recycling collection should have their leaves at the curb by Monday, May 4.

Residents are asked to have your bagged leaves at your curb by 6 a.m. on the first day of your collection week. Do not put branches, twigs or other debris in the bags. Leaves may also be brought to the township’s recycling center, 836 Ridge Road; it’s open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Leaves can also be brought to the Ocean County Recycling Center, New Hampshire Avenue, Lakewood.

For more information, please call Public Works at 732-451-4060.