It’s another sign of winter: the end of leaf pickup along with the regular garbage pickup – at least in one northern Illinois city.
Monday through Thursday will be the last days of 2015 that residents can put bundled branches or bagged leaves out with the regular garbage in Rockford.
Rockford officials note that yard waste will be taken only if it’s in compostable paper bags or in garbage cans clearly marked with a large X – and weighing less than 50 pounds.
Branches and limbs smaller than 4 inches in diameter may be bundled with string or twine for pick-up as long as they don’t exceed 4 feet in length, 3 feet in diameter and 25 pounds by weight.
Such pickups will resume next spring when the compost center reopens – on a date yet to be determined.