When is DSNY Fall Leaf Collection? EVERY WEEK!
Residents No Longer Must Wait for Special Leaf Collection; Leaves Now go with Compost Every Week on Your Recycling Day
New York City residents no longer must wait for special – and limited – yearly leaf collection. As curbside composting service is now available to every residential building in every borough, EVERY resident has leaf collection EVERY week.
City residents wanting to get rid of fallen leaves and other yard waste need only bag or bin the crunchy waste and set it out for collection on their weekly recycling day, when it will be collected alongside other compostable materials like food scraps and food-soiled paper products. Leaves can be placed in a brown compost bin, in a paper leaf/lawn bag, or in a clear plastic bag.
The city’s curbside composting program – the largest and easiest program in the country – decreases greenhouse gases, keeps rats away from their food sources, and creates something useful from material we want to discard. After collection, the leaves, food scraps and food-soiled paper are turned into renewable energy or finished compost, a soil-additive.
For more information on curbside composting or leaf collection, visit nyc.gov/curbsidecomposting.
About the New York City Department of Sanitation
The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) keeps New York City clean, safe, and healthy by collecting, recycling, and disposing of waste, cleaning streets, attacking the scourge of illegal dumping, and clearing snow and ice. The Department operates 59 district garages and manages a fleet of more than 2,000 rear-loading collection trucks, 450 mechanical brooms, 705 salt spreaders, and several dozen bike lane operations machines. Under the Adams Administration, the Department is aggressively cleaning more parts of the City than ever before, including over 1,000 long-ignored areas spread across every neighborhood. With the highest wintertime uniformed headcount in 20 years, DSNY is more equipped than ever to remove snow and ice from the approximately 19,000 lane-miles of City streets.