As leaves fall, the volume of materials collected under the City’s Yard Waste Collection program increases significantly. Yard waste collection will continue through December 18, 2011, but the majority of materials collected under this program are usually placed out for collection by the end of November.

Peoria Disposal Company will be progressing through each collection district until they are completed with that district. What this means is, if the Monday route cannot be completed on Monday, they will start where they ended on the Monday route on Tuesday before starting the Tuesday collection and so on for the week. In this manner, all routes should be completed by Friday of each week.

All yard waste materials need to be placed out for collection before 6:00 a.m. in the appropriate containers or yard waste bags, and cannot exceed 50 pounds in weight. The City does not permit leaves to be raked to the curb for collection.