Leaf Collection Concluding In Yardley, Lower Makefield Starts Phase II

YARDLEY, PA —Yardley Borough will wrap up its leaf collection on Saturday while neighboring Lower Makefield Township has started Phase II of its project.

Yardley Borough announced its final Saturday collection of three leaf pickups to conclude its 2022 Leaf Collection Program. Collections also took place on Nov. 5 and 19. Republic Services is collecting the leaves and disposing of them at a leaf composting facility.

Yardley officials issued the following measures for leaf collection:

• Leaves will not be accepted in any type of plastic bag.
• Leaves must be placed into paper biodegradable bags for collection. Paper biodegradable bags may be purchased at various stores in the area.
• Bags must be placed at the curb by no later than 6 a.m. on Saturday.
• Leaves will not be collected again until Autumn 2023.

Anyone with questions about the leaf collection program should call Yardley Borough Hall at 215-493-6832.

Meanwhile, Lower Makefield Township has started Round 2 of its leaf collection program.

The collection schedule is as follows:

• Active —Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14
• Week of Dec. 5 — Zones 9-13, 15-17
• Week of Dec. 12 —Zones 18-23
• Week of Dec. 19 — Zones 24-26

Lower Makefield officials said that the public works crew and outside contractors were able to take advantage of the nice weather over the Thanksgiving weekend to complete the first round of leaf collection.

"While this was a little ahead of schedule, we consider ourselves fortunate this year to beat any potential winter weather. As we all know, this time of year the weather can feel like fall one day and flip to snow overnight," officials said.

Township officials said they use the same equipment for leaf collection process as for winter storm events.

"In the event of a winter storm, crews would have to transform the leaf trucks to snowplows and/or salt trucks to service the roads," officials said. "Due to these varying circumstances, the crew may be ahead or behind schedule. The township asks that residents prepare a few days ahead of scheduled pickup."

Officials ask residents to keep leaf piles off the roadways, away from storm inlets, and away from obstacles like mailboxes and trees.

Anyone with questions should call the public works department at 267-274-1130.