Spring Leaf Exchange / Spring Chipping Program

Spring Leaf Exchange
Pick-upOne Week Program - April 3 - 6, 2007
O.K. Environmental Waste Systems Ltd.will provide curbside collection of leaves and garden refuse in clear plastic bags on your regular garbage collection day listed above. City of Vernon residents may put out an unlimited number of clear bags by 7:00 a.m. at the same location as your garbage collection pickup. All coloured bags will be considered as household garbage that is limited to the usual two bags or container quota. Please do not rake leaves onto the street that will block storm drains and jam the street sweeper.SPRING LEAF EXCHANGE / PICKUP - In an effort to encourage recycling and composting, residents are encouraged to put bags of leaves out a week earlier than the dates above for others to pick up for garden compost.Please visit our website @ www.vernon.ca.

Spring Chipping Program
The 2007 curbside collection of prunings will take place on the following dates:

• City of Vernon and Foothills Subdivision:Week 1 - April 9-14,2007 Week 2 - April 16-21,
• 2007 Blue Jay and Okanagan Landing:Week 1 - April 23-28, 2007 Week 2 - April 30-May 5, 2007

Please stack all prunings with butt ends facing street or lane.• Place the prunings at the same location • No roots or dirt in pileas your garbage• Pile thorns separately• Do not combine prunings with your • Tangled piles or excessive volumes may neighbourresult in material left behind• No large branches or tree trunks• 10 minutes maximum chipping per • Do not tie prunings with wire customer each week