Closing Bell: Time to Brown-Bag Your Leaves
If you try to dispose of your leaves in a regular plastic garbage bag in the month of November, you might get hit with a ticket from the Department of Sanitation. During prime leaf season, property owners are required to use paper lawn and leaf bags that can be found at many local supermarkets and…
If you try to dispose of your leaves in a regular plastic garbage bag in the month of November, you might get hit with a ticket from the Department of Sanitation. During prime leaf season, property owners are required to use paper lawn and leaf bags that can be found at many local supermarkets and home stores like Home Depot, Kmart, Lowe’s and True Value. And, believe it or not, there’s method to the madness: Using the paper bags to throw out the leaves enables the city to turn the leaves into compost—which it turns around and gives back come springtime. For residents of community districts 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18, there are two dates to set the leaves out: November 10 and November 24.
Fall Leaf Collection Program [NYC.gov]
They sell these bags in packs of 5 at Lowes. Can’t remember how much they were, but I bought a lot and they are great!
Probably in Carroll Gardens they think these bags are “scary.”
So that means Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill have bags… Ft Green/Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy doesn’t… and the clock is ticking.
I purchased my bags at TrueValue Hardware on Court/Livingston St. Local stores do have the bags.
If I was given a bag from the city, I would do it.
When I see “Its the Law”, go out a buy the correct bag or we’ll fine you!
Screw em
The city should be ashamed of itself, making it madatory to brown bag it and providing no resources for supplies. None of the commercial establishments listed locally have bags. Most don’t even have a clue. How much time, greenhouse producing energy, and effort are we homeowners supposed to spend on this mandate?
Bloomberg won’t even take anymore 311 complaints on this. They say “write a letter.” When the. complains go up, Mr. Technology pulls the plug and flys away to his weekend pad on the beach.
I say Bloomberg should have the decency to make sure his programs work before mandating anything from anyone.
Can you just use brown paper shopping bags? We don’t have a back yard so a couple of those would accommodate the leaves from the sidewalk and front.
Yes, agree with the post above. In Prospect Park they put all the leaves in plastic bags as well….this year they are clear if that means anything.
A shame the city doesn’t follow its own rules. The workers at Ft. Greene Park collect leaves and place them all in plastic bags. Who gets to fine the city when they break their own laws?