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<br /> ~ ~ <br /> News Release - 1997 Eugene Leaf Program <br /> rr October 21, 1 7 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Local aste haulers aze picking up yazd and garden waste twice a year through the new <br /> curbside yazd ebris collection service. This fall the service is available during October. There's <br /> a small chazge or pickups, and some restrictions apply. Call your waste hauler for details. <br /> Comm cial recycling centers aze another alternative for residents who have more leaves <br /> than they or th it neighbors can use. Two local firms, Lane Forest Products and Rexius Forest <br /> By-Products, cept yard debris, 'including leaves, for a nominal fee. <br /> The Ci will deliver leaves to homes in the city limits and to locations just outside the <br /> city limits if th a are enough clean loads of leaves and the hauling distances aren't too great. <br /> roperty owner who want leaves delivered to their homes may request delivery by completing a <br /> equest form. equest forms are available at a number of locations, including the Eugene Public <br /> orks Mainten ce office at 1820 Roosevelt Boulevazd and at local community centers. <br /> eaf Collectio is a Last Resort <br /> Finally, a City continues to offer its curbside leaf collection service to keep leaves from <br /> lugging the sto drainage system and polluting local waterways,. <br /> Residen who choose to have their leaves collected are reminded to hold off piling leaves <br /> the street anti a few days before the scheduled collection dates. Leaves piled in the street <br /> properly or p maturely can plug storm drains, pollute local waterways, and create hazards for <br /> icyclists and m torists. To encourage greater reuse of leaves and to control program costs, the <br /> ity no longer p ovides a leaf drop-off site as it did in the past at Alton Baker Park. The park has <br /> een posted to r 'nd residents that dumping leaves and other debris is illegal. <br /> a <br /> (more) <br /> i~ <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br />