Frequently Asked Questions

Bagging Your Leaves (recommended)

You can bag your leaves in open bags or place in open trash cans at curbside on recycling day. Although many residents have taken advantage of this opportunity, many more do not. We hope that you will help save money and keep our streets safe.

Why should you bag your leaves?

• More timely collections and no inconvenience. Collections are made weekly on your regularly scheduled recycling day.
  
• Collections every week. Inclement weather would no longer prevent residents from raking their leaves for pickup during a designated week.
  
• Cleaner and neater neighborhoods. Streets would not be as obstructed with leaf piles. Fewer leaves would blow onto your neighbors' yards.
  
• Safer conditions would exist. Children would not play in the streets in large leaf piles adjacent to curbs. There would be less potential for leaves to catch on fire. Finally, there would be fewer wet leaves on which cars could skid.
  
• Bagging would reduce the workload of the Township's fall leaf collection program, with cost savings to taxpayers.
  

Township Leaf Collection (beginning in November)

The regularly scheduled Township collection of leaves begins during the first week of November. Every street has signs posted when the first leaf collection will take place. This collection is performed using heavy construction equipment and large dump trucks. Residents must comply with the following guidelines to ensure pickup of their leaves:

• Do not rake your leaves until signs have been posted in your neighborhood.
  
• Landscape/lawn services must remove leaves from site.
  
• Note: Landscape/lawn services may use the Kresson Road Ecology Site at no cost. Permits may be picked up at the Cherry Hill Department of Public Works.
  
• Cars must be removed from the street between the hours of 7 am - 5:30 pm.
  
• Leaves must be raked to the curb.
  

It is always difficult to collect the leaves at the right time and get everything completed before snow season (when we need the same trucks ready with snow plow attachments). Rain will slow down the process. We try our best, but ask for your understanding and help.

Haul Your Own

Residents who wish to dispose of leaves are permitted to do so at the Kresson Road Ecology Site at no cost.

NOTE: Leaves should be placed curbside and must not be mixed with other recyclables.