THREE FREE WEEKS OF

YARD WASTE BAG COLLECTION BEGINS OCTOBER 8

 

October 5, 2007 – The City of Midland will offer three free weeks of yard waste collection from Monday, October 8 through Friday, October 26.  During this period, the City will suspend the 25-cent per bag sticker typically required on yard waste bags.

 

Yard waste is collected curbside in kraft paper compost bags or 95-gallon yard waste bins.  Yard waste includes grass clippings, leaves, garden wastes and small twigs and branches.

 

The City will begin collecting leaves raked into the gutter once a significant leaf drop has occurred city-wide.  On major city streets, leaves raked onto the outlawn will be collected.

 

Stay tuned to MGTV-5 (Charter Cable), the City of Midland website (www.midland-mi.org), the leaf collection hotline (989-837-3405) and local media for updates on the start-up of the fall leaf collection program. 

 

For questions or further information, contact the Department of Public Services, 989-837-6900.

 

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