Fall City Leaf Collection Underway

The annual Fall leaf collection program conducted by the New Britain Public Works Department is already underway.

The Fall 2020 leaf bag collection began November 2nd. It is unclear when it is to conclude.

The Department says that,

Each fall and spring NBPW performs city-wide curbside leaf bag collection services. Considering there are approximately 190 miles of city and state roads in New Britain that leaf bags are collected from and each road is serviced a minimum of 3 times (during the fall program, weather permitting). Through this program NBPW typically handles over 1,100 tons of leaves per year this is a monumental task.

“Paper Leaf bags are available for purchase at most hardware and home improvement stores,” the Department adds.

The Department directs people to its Fall Clean Up Collection Program web page, “to help residents understand where we are collecting leaf bags on any given day so they can best plan when they will need to get their leaf bags to the curb.”

The web page includes other information about the program.

The Department notes, “Leaf Program Rules,” which include

• Paper Leaf Bags Only
• Only leaves put in paper leaf bags will be picked up
• NO PLASTIC BAGS
• Do not tape or staple bags closed
• Paper leaf bags that are too heavy (over 40lbs.) will not be picked up. Residents will be required to deliver overweight bags to the New Britain Residential Recycling Center.
• Paper leaf bags are for leaves only. Sticks, pine needles, acorns, brush & rubbish go in the regular trash.
• Grass must be composted in backyard or left on the lawn.

The Department says that its, “leaf bag collection is based on Leaf Bag Collection Routes,” with information about streets included in each route on the Department’s web page.

Public Works says that, “There will be no leaf pickup on November 11th, 26th or 27th.”

The Department directs questions to its office at (860) 826-3350.

Editor’s note (11/8/2020): While the city Environmental Service Calendar notes December 4th as the end of leaf collection, the article was updated based on additional information that the actual end date may be much earlier.