May 2015 Leaf and Chipping Collection/Street Sweeping info

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CURBSIDE CHIPPING SERVICE

Beginning each third Wednesday of the month, Cranbury Township offers curbside chipping service for tree branches, shrubbery and other yard clippings. This is the start date so depending on the amount of chipping at the curb, the DPW may not necessarily be in front of your house chipping brush on this day.

To help residents understand the process and efficiently for the DPW to collect, below are some important and helpful procedures.

1. It is recommended that residents notify the DPW office to request chipping service by the Monday before the third Wednesday of the month.

2. Brush should be placed curbside no sooner that the weekend preceding the third Wednesday or as otherwise scheduled or announced.

3. All material to be chipped should be placed at the curb by 7:00 am by the scheduled collection date (yes-the third Wednesday of the month). Any material placed curbside after the scheduled collection date or time will not be chipped. Please understand that the DPW will not return or back tract to your property while working the scheduled route once they have passed by.

4. All materials should be stacked parallel to the curb or as near to the curb as possible. Take care not to place them in the street or on the sidewalk. Place the cut branch ends together so they follow the flow of traffic.

5. Items must be placed parallel to the curb or along the street that is directly abutting your property line.

6. Branches exceeding 8” diameter cannot be chipped. Brush should be at least 3’ in length. Although 3’ is the minimum length, longer branches are much easier to chip.

7. Hedge clippings, twigs, and small branches less than 3’ (but not less than 1’) must be bundled with string only (NO WIRE) and must be free of foreign debris such as stones, dirt, metal, sweepings and rakings.

8. No lumber, construction material, roots, stumps, mulch, sand, landscape construction material and debris, or soil left at the curb will be collected.

It is the intention to help you understand the protocol of this valuable chipping service. Should you not understand any of the above procedures, please contact the Department of Public Works at 395-0900 *229. Thank you for your consideration.