New Canaan’s curbside pickup of leaves is over and officials are asking residents to stop raking or blowing them to the edges of their properties.
Leaves in the street on Field Crest Road. Credit: Michael Dinan
Instead, leaves should be bagged and brought to the Transfer Station, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann.
The final round of curbside leaf pickup typically starts the Monday after Thanksgiving, Mann said.
“We did extend it because the leaves weren’t coming off the trees, so we decided to continue it a little bit further, but now we are done and people are still putting their leaves out,” Mann said.
“We are asking them to put them in like a Home Depot bag and bring them to the Transfer Station. That’s a recyclable bag. That would be very helpful. That way we won’t plow them up on their lawn when snow season comes. That’s our fear.”