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We will not be picking up leaves during the Thanksgiving holiday. Leaf pickup requests for November 28 and November 29 will be changed to December 5 and December 6.

The week of Monday, December 2 through Friday, December 6 is the last week for leaf collection by the town.

You may still bring your leaves to the Transfer Station at 91 Roxbury Road – Free of Charge.

  • Transfer Station
    • Closed: Thursday, November 28.
    • Closed: Friday, November 29.
    • Closed: Saturday, November 30
    • Closed Sunday, December 1
    • Closed Monday, December 2
    • Beginning Tuesday, Decembe 3 – Regular Hours – Tuesday thru Saturday 7:30AM to 3:00PM

Information

  • The Department provides curbside leaf collection during designated dates in the fall.
  • In 2024, the Department will begin their curbside collection on Monday October 28th and will continue the collection thru Friday December 6, 2024 unless winter weather stops the collection earlier.
  • No collection will occur on the Thursday or Friday of Thanksgiving week.
  • Residents can always bring bags of leaves to the Transfer Station on Roxbury Road free of charge. The Transfer Station is open Tuesday – Saturday 7:30AM to 3:00PM with the exception of Holidays. Check the Town website for observed Holidays.
  • The curbside collection is only for properties on Town approved roads.
  • Leaves should be free of branches, yard waste, grass and anything else that is not leaves or the bags will not be collected..
  • Curbside Collection General Information
    • Leaves must be in standard paper yard bags. No plastic bags.
    • Bags must be placed at the curb not in the roadway.
    • Please complete the Curbside Leaf Collection form.
    • We collect the bags on your regular trash collection day after receipt of your request.
    • Requests must be sent to us 24 hours prior to your regular garbage day or if you have a Monday collection day, it must be submitted by Friday at 10:00AM to ensure that we get your location to the field crew picking up that day.
  • There were new fees approved at the 09/04/2024 Board of Selectman meeting for disposal of leaves by commercial contractors.

Forms

Additional Information

Why do you need to complete the Curbside Leaf Collection Form?
We don’t just drive all the roads in town each week as there are 118 miles of roads in town so that would be highly inefficient. If a resident doesn’t want to complete the form and if we see leaves in front of your house in the proper bags, we will try our best to pick them up, however, those that complete the form will be all be assured that we will pick up your leaves.

How does the Department communicate our message to the public?
The two main methods for the Public Works Department to disseminate information to the public are the town website (eltownhall.com) and on the Public Safety and Public Works Facebook pages.

If you ever have questions about our services, please email the department at PublicWorks@eltownhall.com.