City of Rochester
News Release
(Friday, Nov. 4,
2022) — The City’s Department of Environmental Services’ (DES) annual Fall
Loose Leaf Collection Program will begin Monday, Nov. 7. The program continues
through Nov. 25.
A collection schedule and interactive map can be found on
the City’s Loose Leaf Collection Program web page at www.cityofrochester.gov/leaves.
Residents can simply type their address into the map’s search engine to find
out which week crews will be in their neighborhood.
Residents also check the schedule on their DES “At
Your Service” guides which were delivered by mail.
Loose leaves should be raked into a pile between the
sidewalk and the curb before the Monday of their scheduled collection week. It
is illegal to rake leaves into the street. Bagged leaves may be placed at the
curb to be collected on residents’ regular refuse collection days.
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