Aurora’s annual free leaf collection program begins next week.
The collection runs Monday, Oct. 18, through Friday, Dec. 3.
Leaves must be put into a 30-gallon paper yard waste bag and placed at the curb on the regular garbage pickup day by 6 a.m. No waste sticker is needed, city officials said.
Yard waste collection will also take place through Friday, Dec. 3. On the regular garbage pickup day, yard waste must be placed in a 30-gallon paper yard waste bag not to exceed 50 pounds, according to city officials.
Each bag must have a waste sticker attached. The stickers used for yard waste are the same as the stickers used for excess garbage. Yard waste mixed with trash or yard waste in a trash can or plastic bag will not be collected, officials said.
City officials are also reminding residents that brush must be bundled for collection. Unlimited bundled brush collection is underway and will end on Friday, Nov. 5. Branches and limbs half-inch to four inches in diameter and two feet to four feet in length must be bundled, city officials said. Each bundle must weigh less than 50 pounds.
Bundled brush does not need a waste sticker, officials said. Brush less than a half-inch in diameter is considered yard waste and must be packaged as yard waste, according to city officials.
