City Of Evanston: City Issues Fall Cleanup Reminders

Evanston IL

13 October, 2021

4:56 PM

Description

Press release from the City of Evanston: 10/13/2021 1:50 PM As leaves begin to fall, the City is issuing reminders to residents regarding seasonal services and cleanup activities, including food and yard waste pickup and street cleaning. Additional Fall Street Cleaning The City will conduct additional street cleaning on residential streets in November and December to clear leaves and other debris. Street signage will be updated with the additional fall street cleaning dates. The schedule can also be found at cityofevanston.org/streetcleaning. Parking restrictions will be enforced. Street cleaning operations will continue through December 15, weather permitting. Residents can sign up to receive convenient street cleaning text message and email notifications reminding them to move their vehicles on street cleaning days. Notifications are sent one to two days prior to the actual street cleaning day.  Food and Yard Waste Pickup The final week for 2021 food and yard waste pickup will be December 6-9. Food and yard waste is collected on residents' normal refuse pickup day. Residents may dispose of food and yard waste via a City of Evanston food and yard waste cart. Yard waste only may also be disposed of using a paper yard waste bag affixed with a City of Evanston sticker. Food Scrap Composting Program The City's exclusive food scrap hauler, Collective Resource Compost, provides a 16-week Winter Gap composting program where residents can pay a one-time fee to have a composting bucket dropped off at their residence for weekly/bikweekly pickup. Collections will take place the week of December 6 through the week of March 28. To sign up for this service, residents should contact Collective Resource Compost directly by filling out their contact form. Leaf Blowers Backpack mounted or handheld gasoline-powered leaf blowers can be used October 15 through December 2, during the following times: Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Using gasoline-powered leaf blowers on recognized City holidays is prohibited. This press release was produced by the City of Evanston. The views expressed here are the author's own.