The City of Yakima is offering leaf\ndisposal options for residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“People\ncan give us a call and we’ll do what we can to help them do the right thing\nwith their leaves,” said Solid Waste Manager Loretta Zammarchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The City of Yakima’s Refuse\nDivision offers yard waste collection through November 30th<\/sup>. For $16.72\nper month, the City will provide residents with a 96-gallon cart dedicated for\nleaves and yard debris. Leaves must be placed loose in the cart and not bagged.\nThe cart will be picked up during the regularly scheduled yard waste pick-up\ntime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The other thing folks can do if they choose\nto bag their leaves is to call the Solid Waste Division and let them know they\nhave extra bags. The Division will accept up to three extra bags placed beside\nthe garbage cart. However, the customer must call in advance for pick-up,”\nZammarchi said. “Once the request for extra pick-up is called in, it will\nbe added to the route and the driver will pick them up for an extra fee of $2.84\nper bag on their regularly scheduled pick-up date.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because wet\nleaves can be too heavy to lift, the Solid Waste Division is requesting all\nbagged leaves be placed in bags that hold 42 gallons or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a\nresident has more than three bags of leaves, Zammarchi said to call the Solid\nWaste Division to request a special haul at a minimum charge of $25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Probably\nthe best option is to take your lawnmower, mulch your leaves and put them in\nyour garden bed or compost pile,” Zammarchi said. “It’s wonderful\nprotection for your plants over the winter and can provide you with a great\nsoil amendment for your spring garden.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Yakima City Code forbids\nblowing or depositing leaves and yard debris into City streets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter 6.56.050 requires\nresidents to keep leaves out of the street, alley or public place. Chapter 8.76.025\nextends the restriction to public rights-of-way such as sidewalks and gutters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The biggest problem is if\nthe leaves are out there and it rains, eventually they’ll get into the gutters\nand plug the storm drains,” said Street and Traffic Operations Manager Joe\nRosenlund. “That means when we do get a snowmelt or heavy rain then we’ll\nhave flooding in the streets. It can lead to a pretty big mess.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call\n575-6005 or visit https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/services\/refuse<\/a>\nfor information about leaf removal services in the City of Yakima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The City of Yakima is offering leaf disposal options for residents. “People can give us a call and we’ll do what we can to help them do the right thing with their leaves,” said Solid Waste Manager Loretta Zammarchi. The City of Yakima’s Refuse Division offers yard waste collection through November 30th. For $16.72 per<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7887,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions\/7887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}