Lombard offers free leaf pickup for residents

LOMBARD, Illinois—The Village of Lombard's free leaf pick-up for residents will be held October 22-November 30.

The free leaf pick-up is for Kraft brown paper bags ONLY (unlimited number of bags) and these bags must contain only leaves. Yard waste stickers are required on any cans that are filled with leaves. Bags and cans of leaves may be put at the curb on the regular garbage collection day.

Leaves may not be blown or raked into the streets. According to the Village's Public Works Department, the leaves have a tendency to cover and block the storm drains in the street, which in turn cause flooding problems when it rains. It is against Village Code to place leaves in a public alley, roadway, street, driveway or sidewalk.

The Village's yard waste program will end for the season on November 30. Cans and bags filled with other yard waste (grass clippings, small twigs or branches and plant materials) MUST have stickers on them. Properly bundled brush does NOT require a sticker at any time of the year. Brush is defined as limbs or branches from trees, shrubs or bushes. Bundles of brush must be securely tied, not exceeding six feet in length or 18 inches in diameter, and cannot exceed 50 pounds each. No individual branch or limb can exceed six inches in diameter.