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Fallen foliage on its way out- The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA Page 1 of 3 <br /> www.registerguard.com I ©The Register-Guard, Eugene,Oregon <br /> October 31, 2003 <br /> Fallen foliage on its way out <br /> By Jim Murez <br /> The Register-Guard <br /> Sure, they look pretty now: leaves in varying shades of reds <br /> and yellows, hanging from branches overhead, filtering <br /> autumn's muted sunlight to the ground below. <br /> But just see how pretty they look when you break out your <br /> rake for that back-straining chore of corralling the remnants of <br /> Mother Nature's annual technicolor dream show. <br /> Not to worry: You've got backup. Eugene, Springfield and Lane <br /> County leaf collectors will sweep the streets of your leaf piles <br /> once again in their annual pickup service. <br /> Eugene's pickup starts first: <br /> Monday in northern °,_�,. <br /> neighborhoods, then working its <br /> way around the city. <br /> "It is a very, very popular <br /> program," says Therese Picado <br /> of the city's Parks and Open 1". . <br /> Space department. "We get <br /> inundated for requests for <br /> leaves." <br /> Irene Edwards rakes her leaves to <br /> the curb in front of her Waverly <br /> But the city first encourages you Street home Thursday in Eugene. <br /> to try to use leaves as mulch or The city will begin leaf pickup <br /> compost material before having Monday. <br /> them collected. You can also photo: Collin Andrew/ The <br /> recycle leaves by putting them Register-Guard <br /> in your yard debris container or <br /> taking them to a commercial <br /> recycler such as Rexius or Lane Forest Products. <br /> The city will deliver leaves to people who ask and also gives <br /> them to community gardens and local groups. No leaves go to <br /> landfills - leftovers are recycled as compost. <br /> Last year, Eugene crews picked up 19,127 cubic yards of <br /> leaves weighing 3,586 tons. Of those leaves, 8,000 cubic yards <br /> went to residents and nearly 6,000 cubic yards were delivered <br /> to the city's community gardens and FOOD for Lane County's <br /> Grassroots Garden. The rest went to commercial recyclers or <br /> were composted for use in city parks. <br /> http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=d 1.cr.leaves.1031&date=20031031 11/3/03 <br />