Leaf Bags Not Picked Up On Saturday

[Rick Rowlands]

Isn't that the overall theme of this forum, to comment about insignificant matters?

[Towntalk]

Thank you Jay, and a very happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

[jay]

You are correct Towntalk! 

I've been composting for years.

[Towntalk]

I realize that this is too much to expect but wouldn't it be more reasonable to just place a small compost box out back by your garage and compost your own leaves?

http://www.howtocompost.org/info/info_fall_leaves.asp

Time is too precious to waste on fretting about such nonsense as why the city isn't doing our work for us.

[jay]

All of the bags I saw were open on top.  When it rains, the leaves will soak up the water making the bags heavier.  Wet paper bags are easier to tear.  This might be a soggy mess for the workers lifting the bags.

[joly1584]

One of our neighbors set 2 bags out last Saturday(November 13) and they have been there all week.  With the rain we had this past week will the leaves still be usable for compost?

[jay]

While traveling through Youngstown on Saturday, I noticed that a few homes had placed the city's paper leaf bags to the curb for pick up.  The bags were still on the curb on Sunday.  I was under the impression that these paper leaf bags were going to be picked up every Saturday through December 4.  I wonder if the bags will remain on the curb for the entire week.  Leaving items on the curb on other than trash day is a code violation in the seventh ward.