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Southlake residents will have the opportunity to recycle their leaf collections through the city.
The November through January dates for Southlake’s annual leaf pick up and recycle program were announced at the city council's Oct. 20 meeting.
If residents have trash pickup on Monday and Thursday, then leaf pick up day will be Wednesday. If residents have a Tuesday and Friday pickup schedule, then leaf pick up day will be Saturday.
Wednesday leaf pickup will occur on:
Nov. 18
Dec. 2
Dec. 9
Dec. 16
Dec. 30
Jan. 6
Saturday leaf pickup will occur on:
Nov. 21
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
Dec. 19
Jan. 2
Jan. 9
Zayne Huff, business manager for public works, presented details on how to participate and what residents should do to make sure their leaves get picked up.
Leaves should be bagged separately from other waste and with as few acorns and twigs as possible. Leaf bags should be placed on the curb before 7 a.m. and weigh less than 50 pounds to prevent tearing.
Leaves are composted and mulched to create nutrient-rich soil for gardening. Huff said over 3,600 tons of leaves have been diverted from the landfill since the beginning of the program.
Bags of leaves can be thrown out with regular trash all year, but these are not recycled, according to the city.
The city will be accepting real Christmas trees for recycling from Dec. 14 through Jan. 15 at Bicentennial Park at 450 W. Southlake Blvd. Trees must be undecorated and can be dropped off all day.
Another seasonal waste collection is the holiday cooking oil and grease roundup from Nov. 1 through Jan. 31 at the Public Works Operations Center at 1950 East Continental Blvd.
