Loose leaf collection service ends Friday, March 13, so the week of March 9 offers Wake Forest residents one last chance (until October) to place loose leaves behind the curb by 7 a.m. on their normal collection day.
From Monday, March 16, through Friday, Oct. 2, residents must bag for collection all leaves, pine needles and grass clippings or place them inside a garbage receptacle marked ‘YW’ (yard waste).
Residents that currently use a 48-gallon recycling cart can upgrade to a 96-gallon cart and keep the smaller receptacle for yard waste by marking YW on both sides. Similarly, residents that already have a 96-gallon recycling cart can request and obtain a free 48-gallon cart for yard waste. To learn more or request a cart, visithttp://bit.ly/CartRequestForm.
Residents are urged to observe the following guidelines to help improve the collection process:
- Bags may be clear or opaque but must be at least 13-gallons in size – the size of a standard kitchen garbage can liner;
- Do not place yard waste in grocery store shopping bags or inside Town-issued rollout garbage or recycling carts;
- Do not mix in sticks, trash, rocks or other debris;
- Place your bagged leaves, pine needles and grass clippings at the curb by 7 a.m. on your normal yard waste collection day.
Loose leaf collection will resume Monday, Oct. 5. For more information, visit wakeforestnc.gov and search “leaf collection.”
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