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Please note that seasonal leaf vacuuming will
end on December 1st. Residents with leaves remaining
after December 1st are advised to use the Free Leaf Bag
collection available through December 15th. (no
stickers required)
Daily
Leaf Vacuum Collection Progress Update
Starting Tuesday,
December 1st, the leaf vacuum crews, moving from north to south,
have completed vacuuming leaves 3 times up to the
following locations:
Area 1:
1st Street to 16th
Street, south of 30th Avenue and 16th Street to
19th Street south of 23rd Avenue.
Area 2: 19th Street to 41st
Street, south of River Drive.
Area 3: - 41st Street to East Moline,
south of River Drive.
View the
Leaf
Collection Map
Please note: The Leaf
Collection Map indicates the areas where the City crews
have completed vacuuming leaves. It does not provide a
specific date that they will be collected as the
collection progress varies.
Please consider the
Green alternatives of bagging, mulching, or composting
your leaves as your first choice!
Residents are reminded that leaf vacuuming collection
times are subject to equipment failures, weather, and
the dropping of the leaves by the trees, but bagged leaf
collection occurs every week on your regular day of
collection!
Please refer back to information on the website as
frequently as necessary to keep informed on the crews'
progress.
Residents may also call the
Leaf Hotline at 797-0425 to hear a pre-recorded message
on the location of the vacuums daily.
Leaf Collection & Disposal Options
Free leaf Bag Collection October 15 - December 15!
The 2009 leaf vacuuming program runs October 15 -
December 1.
Leaf Bags—Leaves
and other yard waste may be placed in a biodegradable
paper trash bag with a City sticker attached through
October 15th.
The City will provide free
leaf bag collection from October 15 - December 15, 2009. Stickers are not required from October 15 -
December 15. The bags are then placed out with
regular trash on the scheduled garbage collection days.
Stickers (for use other than during October 15 -
December 15) are available for $2.00 at City Hall East
Annex, 1616—6th Avenue, or Moline hardware and grocery
stores. Yard waste collection continues through December
15, 2009. Residents are encouraged to bag their leaves
and take advantage of the free leaf bag collection
period, rather than wait for conventional vacuum
collection.
Leaf Vacuuming—Residents
may rake leaves to the curb and City Crews will vacuum
them according to a schedule which divides the City into
three areas from river to river. Two crews will be
working in each area Monday—Friday from North to South
(1st Avenue to 52nd Avenue).
Click here to view the
Leaf Collection Map.
Leaves will be vacuumed beginning
October 15, 2009 through December 1, 2009, weather
permitting.
Please consider the Green alternatives of bagging,
mulching, or composting your leaves as your first
choice!
* Note—Crews will begin at the location they ended the
previous day. Please rake leaves close to the road, but
not on roadway surface. Do not include rocks, sticks and
other debris in leaf pile. Residents are asked to assist
crews by not parking vehicles in front of leaves during
collection period as this makes it difficult to maneuver
vacuums.
During the leaf collection months, residents may call the
Leaf Hotline at 797-0425
to hear an updated recorded message of the locations
of the vacuums. Daily locations are also posted on
this website.
"Green" Leaf Disposal -
Residents may consider the most environmentally-friendly
option, mulching or composting their leaves as a "green"
method of leaf disposal. Mulching using the proper
mower incorporates your grass and leaf waste back into
your yard, while composting using a modern bin can make
usable planting materials for your garden or flower
beds.
Residents are encouraged to use one or a combination
of both of these "green" options.
Please note that burning of
leaves, tree branches and grass clippings is no longer
permitted within the City of Moline.
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