INC NEWS - Picking up leaves!

Fri Dec 8 08:14:45 EST 2006

You are correct. I was looking at some of it yesterday while at the
landfill. They call it leaf mulch.

RWP
27 Beverly

> I was under the impression that the leaves were made
> into mulch, much like dead trees and the like. Is this
> not the case?
>
> --- Chris Sevick <csevick at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> I understand the practical concerns regarding leaf
>> disposal, but it sure sounds like folks are
>> encouraging it.  Do you all really want to encourage
>> leaf disposal?
>>
>> Durham's newly-adopted UDO promotes naturalistic
>> landscaping.  Books like "The Landscaping
>> Revolution" discuss naturalistic landscaping, and
>> point out that you should always keep leaves and
>> other organic material in your yard.  They can be
>> raked and placed in a different part of the yard,
>> but never disposed of.
>>
>> Based on my reading, I think that responsible
>> citizens should keep the leaves in their yards.
>> Yard waste is a waste.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris Sevick
>>
>> =====================
>> From: bragin at nc.rr.com
>> Date: 2006/12/07 Thu AM 10:01:58 CST
>> To: Nancy Grandjean <nancyg at centralpets.com>
>> Cc: council at ci.durham.nc.us, inc-list at durhaminc.org,
>> patrick.baker at durhamnc.gov,
>> 	donald.long at durhamnc.gov
>> Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Picking up leaves!
>>
>> This is the way it was done in most places i've
>> lived prior to moving to
>> Durham. The key is to get the leaves picked up on a
>> regular basis before
>> they enter the drainage system, where they
>> negatively impact the system
>> both physically and ecologically.
>>
>> My understanding is that the vacuum trucks, if they
>> do in fact exist (i
>> haven't seen them myself) are a relatively new
>> investment on the part of
>> the city.
>>
>> Barry Ragin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nancy Grandjean <nancyg at centralpets.com>
>> Date: Thursday, December 7, 2006 10:52 am
>> Subject: Re:  INC NEWS - Picking up leaves!
>> To: bragin at nc.rr.com, Ken Gasch
>> <ken.gasch at hldproductions.com>
>> Cc: council at ci.durham.nc.us, inc-list at durhaminc.org,
>> patrick.baker at durhamnc.gov, donald.long at durhamnc.gov
>>
>> > (Sorry if this comes through as a duplicate
>> message; it didn't go
>> > through the first time I sent it.)
>> >
>> > Given that the city already has the leaf vacuum
>> trucks, why can't
>> > we rake leaves to the edge of our property and
>> have them vacuumed
>> > up, instead of wasting time, money, and
>> environmental resources
>> > putting billions of leaves into (relatively small)
>> bags? (Plastic
>> > bags would be even worse environmentally.) I'm
>> sure there's a
>> > logical reason . . . . (ho ho)
>> >
>> > Nancy Grandjean
>> >
>> >
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >From: bragin at nc.rr.com [mailto:bragin at nc.rr.com]
>> > >Sent: Thursday, December 7, 2006 02:30 PM
>> > >To: 'Ken Gasch'
>> > >Cc: council at ci.durham.nc.us,
>> inc-list at durhaminc.org,
>> > patrick.baker at durhamnc.gov,
>> > >donald.long at durhamnc.gov
>> > >Subject: Re: INC NEWS - Picking up leaves!
>> > >
>> > >My informal survey, from driving around my
>> neighborhood on pickup
>> > day,>shows around 25% - 35% participation in the
>> yard waste program
>> > in my
>> > >neighborhood. (Every year i tell Claire not to
>> renew our yard waste
>> > >subscription, and every year she goes ahead and
>> does it anyway.)
>> > >
>> > >A couple of years back, i did another informal
>> survey of municipal
>> > >policies throughout the state of North Carolina.
>> There were a
>> > bunch of
>> > >cities that did not have separate fees for
>> collecting yard waste.
>> > There>were some cities that charged a fee for a
>> yard waste cart,
>> > but not a
>> > >subscription fee. There were a few that gave the
>> cart away for
>> > free, but
>> > >charged a subscription fee. There was one other
>> city (can't recall
>> > >which, may have been Winston or Greenville) which
>> charged for both.
>> > >Durham was the only one, however, which charged
>> both an initial
>> > fee and
>> > >a subscription fee which did not have a policy of
>> picking up all
>> > leaves>in the city during the fall season
>> regardless of
>> > participation in the
>> > >program.
>> > >
>> > >The city does an absolutely terrible job of
>> informing new
>> > residents of
>> > >the policy that leaves in plastic bags will not
>> be picked up. Why
>> > should>we jump directly to fining people for
>> gathering their leaves
>> > in plastic
>> > >bags when they are at least attempting to keep
>> their yards, and the
>> > >streets, free of leaves?
>> > >
>> > >Addtionally, many of our neighborhoods have large
>> curbside trees
>> > >dropping leaves directly into the streets. In my
>> neighborhood, if you
>> > >were to have seen the piles of leaves at Knox
>> Circle deposited
>> > there by
>> > >nature last week, you'd realize there is nobody
>> to whom a fine can be
>> > >given for this.
>> > >
>> > >Charging citizens extra for leaf pickup in Durham
>> is like charging
>> > >citizens extra for clearing the roadways of snow
>> in Buffalo. It's
>> > a fact
>> > >of life, and should be budgeted for out of
>> general revenues.
>> > >
>> > >That said, i'm still glad to see that the city is
>> at least thinking
>> > >ahead by (apparently) purchasing some hardware
>> and actually
>> > putting it
>> > >to use.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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