The Owensboro Sanitation Department has begun vacuum leaf collection and will continue through February 15. Here’s how to know when they’ll be in your neighborhood.
Leaf piles can be placed in yards within 6 feet of a curb for crews to vacuum. Customers can find their leaf zone by accessing an interactive map here. Monitor leaf zone progress at owensboro.org/sanitation, @CityofOwensboro on social media, or by calling CityAction at 270-687-4444.
Bagged leaves must be in plastic bags (less than 30 pounds per bag) and placed curbside on your scheduled trash day for disposal. Bagged leaves can also be taken to the Sportscenter parking lot on Hickman Avenue and deposited in specially marked, orange leaf collection dumpsters.
Sanitation will complete the collections over the course of three passes. The first pass began on October 16 and will continue until November 11. The second pass will run from November 9 to December 14, and the third run from December 15 to February 15.
The City of Owensboro offered these leaf collection tips:
- Be ready. Crews cannot return for late rake-outs or inaccessible piles.
- Do not place leaf piles over water meter lids or other obstructions.
- Do not mix limbs, yard waste, or trash with leaves.
- Do not wet leaves. Vacuums cannot lift frozen leaf piles.
- Rake early in the season. Snow and ice may slow or prohibit leaf collection.
- Rake leaves curbside in your yard. Do not rake leaves on the street or sidewalk.
- Piles need to be within 6 feet of the curb.
- Leaf piles should not be blocked by vehicles.
- Loose brush/limb collection ends during leaf season.
