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Mayor Jeff Rea today announced that the Mishawaka Street Department will begin the city’s annual fall leaf pick-up program on Monday, October 19th. This means that Mishawaka residents may begin raking leaves to their curbside starting the weekend of October 17-18.
The Mayor stated that the City is better equipped than ever before to pick up leaves from the curbsides of Mishawaka homes. As a result, the Street Department will follow a schedule that should help residents plan their leaf raking activities. Leaves will be picked up each week the day before each resident’s regular trash pick-up day. For example, if a resident’s trash pick-up day is on Wednesday, the Mishawaka Street Department will pick up leaves from that residence on Tuesday. Those with a Monday trash pick-up day will have their leaves picked up on Friday.
Leaves should be raked to the edge of the curb and should be free of branches, twigs, stones or similar foreign objects which can damage equipment and delay leaf pick-up. Residents are encouraged not to rake leaves into the street immediately after a vacuum unit has passed through an area because it will not return until the next scheduled time. Meanwhile, leaves on the curb may clog sewer inlets or blow back into yards or streets.
Leaves may always be bagged and put with the normal trash for Allied’s weekly waste pick-up. Brush may continue to be taken to the Mishawaka Recycling Center, 1105 East Fifth Street, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Free wood chips and leaf mulch continue to be available for pick-up at the Recycling Center.
As always, the leaf collection program will continue through November or until leaves are no longer a problem for residents.
Any questions about the program can be answered by calling Street Commissioner Mike Watson at the Mishawaka Street Dept. 258-1660.
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