Editor’s note (11/4/2020): This article was discusses the Spring 2020 leaf collection. There is another article concerning the Fall 2020 leaf collection program: Fall City Leaf Collection Underway.
The New Britain Public Works Department will begin its 2020 springtime leaf collection this month.
The spring 2020 leaf bag collection is set to begin on April 20th. It is to continue through May 1st.
The Department says that,
Each fall and spring NBPW performs city-wide curbside leaf bag collection services . There are approximately 190 miles of city and state roads in New Britain that leaf bags are collected from. Each road is serviced a minimum of 3 times (during the fall 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 Spring 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.
In addition, the Department offers a leaf drop off site at the New Britain Residential Recycling Center at 642 Christian Lane in Berlin. It says that the hours of the site are, “Monday-Friday from 7:00 am to 2:15 pm. Saturday Openings – 4/11; 4/25; 5/9; 5/23; 6/13; 6/27, 2020.”
The Department directs questions to its office at (860) 826-3350.
