Annual Leaf Disposal and Food Drive

More than 1,200 Washington County residents opened their hearts to needy families around the region by donating food while disposing of their leaves at the 15th Annual Leaf Drop Off and Food Drive sponsored by Clean Water Services and the Oregon Food Bank. At Sunset and Aloha High Schools on November 17 and December 8, residents cleared 111 truck loads of leaves from neighborhood streets and donated a record 3,204 pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank.

The leaf disposal program helps to control localized flooding caused by leaf-clogged storm drains. It helps keep nutrients from decaying yard debris out of local creeks, wetlands and the Tualatin River. The program is funded by Clean Water Services’ $4.00 per month Surface Water Management (SWM) fee. The SWM fee pays for flood management and water quality protection and improvement programs including street sweeping, 24-hour emergency flood response, catch basin cleaning, water quality monitoring, watershed planning and public education.

Last year, Clean Water Services composted about 10,000 cubic yards of leaves which includes leaves from our regular street sweeping program, curbside leaf collection and the annual Leaf Drop Off. That translates into about 1,000 dump truck loads per year (an average dump truck holds about 10-12 cubic yards). Leaves are taken to West Union Gardens and made into mulch.

Join us for the 16th Annual Leaf Drop-off and Food Drive.

8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturday, November 22 and Saturday, December 6

at the parking lots of

Sunset High School, 13840 NW Cornell Rd.

and Aloha High School, 185th Ave. and SW Madeline

• Please limit bags to less than 50 lbs.
• No litter, rocks, sticks etc.
• Residential only, no commercial please!

The following cities also offer leaf drop-offs for city residents:

City of Hillsboro	9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 Saturday, Dec. 20 Saturday, Jan. 17	Fairgrounds Sports Complex NE 28th Ave next to tennis courts
City of Beaverton	8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 Saturday, Nov. 29	City of Beaverton Operations Building 9600 SW Allen Blvd
City of Tigard	8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 Saturday, Nov. 8 Saturday, Nov. 22 Saturday, Dec. 6	Tigard Water Building 8777 SW Burnham Street