Residential Leaf Collection

* UPDATE ... Due to illegal dumping, the Residential Leaf Site is now CLOSED. *

Residents may pick-up a key at the Town Garage between the hours of 7am-3:15pm.

* 24-Hour Leaf Hotline #860-648-6371 *

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Note: Weather conditions or equipment breakdowns may cause the collection schedule to begin either earlier or later than projected.

2025 Residential Leaf Collection

The 2025 Leaf Collection will begin on Monday, November 3, 2025 

Bag pick-up for private areas is scheduled for
Monday, November 10th & Monday, November 24th

Leaf Districts are not the same as Voting, School, Snow Removal, or Police Patrol Districts. Please check the list on this page for your leaf district.

Weather permitting, there will be two passes with the 2nd beginning right after the completion of the 1st pass.  Residents with leaves to dispose of after the 2nd pass can drop them off at the composting facility on Burgess Road.

DO and DON'T

Do - Pile leaves on the snow shelf or edge of your property.

Do - Keep children and pets away from the equipment as we pass through your neighborhood. Be patient. We cannot predicate exactly when we will be on your street or at your house. Weather, equipment issues and manpower can alter the schedule. We do our best to communicate through our web page, Facebook and the hotline to keep you current of our approximate location and schedules.

Don't - Pile sticks/twigs/branches/logs in your leaf pile. Branches and brush can clog the feed tube causing a shut down of the crew to clear the clog. This requires taking apart some of the equipment. Logs can damage the vacuum impeller and damage or destroy the machine. It may also lead to serious injury or death to our crews.

Don't - Pile leaves around or on top of utility boxes. The suction on the machines is incredibly powerful and can suck up communication tubes and underground electrical covers possibly damaging the infrastructure and can lead to injuries.

Don't - Pile leaves around mailbox posts and telephone poles. This makes it more difficult for our crews to pick up the leaves. Stone beds around mailboxes may be picked up by the machine damaging the stone bed and possibly the equipment. Piles leaves in the roadway. This can cause flooding issues if water cannot reach catch basins. It also increase the potential of catch basins becoming clogged under ground which can lead to severe flooding issues and require an emergency response from our crew.

Don't - Rake leaves into the street. This is a violation of Chapter 50, Article II, Section 50-32 of the South Windsor Code of Ordinances and is punishable by fines up to $99.00.

Paper Bag Collection

Leaf Bag collection will only take place in the private areas such as Lakewood, Victorian Woods, Kebalo Lane, and the private roads off of Austin Circle. Only paper bags will be collected. Paper bag collection is scheduled for Monday, November 10th & Monday, November 24th. Please have the bags out at the curb on the above mentioned locations Sunday evening.

Where Can I Bring My Leaves?

Rules for Leaf Compost Site on Burgess Road:

• Deposit leaves in the area provided; follow directional signs.
• Leaves only!  NO GRASS CLIPPINGS OR BRUSH!
• Remove the container used to transport leaves. Plastic bags must be emptied and discarded. Official leaf paper bags are recyclable and do not need to be emptied.
• Due to illegal dumping, the Residential Leaf Site is now CLOSED.  Residents with leaves ONLY may pick-up a key at the Town Garage (157 Burgess Road) between 7am-3:15pm.
• Please look for signage directing you to the site.

Leaf Collection Pick-up by District  (If your street is not listed, find the nearest street in your area.  That will be your District.)  * There has been a revision to District 1 and 2.  Streets listed in red have been moved to District 1. *

The following is the order of collection for areas within each District:

District 1 – Debbie Dr area, Lawrence Rd area, Trumbull Ln/Partridge Ln/Talcott Ridge Rd/Cornerstone Dr areas, Concord Rd/Carmen Rd areas, Benedict Dr area, Diane Dr area, Clinton Dr/Crestwood Dr/Mountain Dr areas, Glenwood Rd/Gray Rd areas, Pine Knob Dr area, Woodland Dr area, main roads (Avery St, Kelly Rd, Dart Hill Rd, Niederwerfer Rd, Orchard Hill Dr).

District 2 – Perrin Ln/Rimfield Dr areas, Country View Dr area, Cardinal Way/Ridge Rd area, Fairview Dr/Norton Ln areas, Birch Hill Dr area, Tallwood Dr area, Greenwood Dr/Rainbow Trl areas, Ridgefield Dr/Mohegan Trl areas, Imperial Dr area, Kupchunos Dr/Windy Hill Dr areas, main roads (Buckland Rd, Oakland Rd, Felt Rd, Foster St, Deming St, Beelzebub Rd, Ellington Rd-Rt.74).

District 3 – Main St, King St/N King St areas, Oxbow Ln/Old Parish Dr areas, Gorski Dr/Ident Rd areas, Colony Rd area, Hilton Dr area, Woodside Dr/Davewell Rd/Parkview Dr/Ordway Dr areas, Northview Dr/Quarry Brook Dr areas, LeFoll Blvd/Murielle Dr areas, main roads (Sullivan Ave-Rt.194, Community Rd, Pierce Rd, Strong Rd, Foster Rd, West Rd, Governors Hwy, Beldon Rd, Newberry Rd, Pleasant Valley Rd, Long Hill Rd, Chapel Rd, Ellington Rd-Rt.30, John Fitch Blvd, Clark St, Burnham St).

District 4A – Ash Rd/Berle Rd areas, Abbe Rd Ext/Windshire Dr areas, Cambridge Dr/Woodpond Rd areas, Old Farm Rd/Maskel Rd areas, Gedrim Pl/Vintage Ln areas, Robert Dr area, Hearthstone Dr/Stonefield Trl areas, Chase Farm Rd, Bourbon St/Saginaw St areas, Bridlewood Rd/Lipman Dr areas, Andreis Trl.

District 4B - Scantic Meadow Rd/Farnham Rd areas, Gordon Dr/Wendy Dr areas, Alexander Pl/Wentworth Dr areas, Farmstead Dr/Greenfield Dr areas, Herman Way area, Long Meadow Dr area, High St/Steep Rd areas, Morgan Farms Dr area, Hillsdale Rd area, main roads (Sand Hill Rd, Ayers Rd, Graham Rd, Hayes Rd, Nevers Rd, Miller Rd, Barber Hill Rd, Foster St Ext, Abbe Rd, Troy Rd, Lake St, Brookfield St, Griffin Rd, Rye St, Windsorville Rd, Scantic Rd).

2025 Compost Bulk Rates

The Town of South Windsor is pleased to offer the sale of bulk leaf compost (otherwise known as leaf hummus) for $8.00  a cubic yard.

Bulk orders must be a minimum of 500 cubic yards.

Orders must be placed a minimum of 48 hours prior to pick up.  Compost will be loaded into purchasers trucks/trailers at the compost site located at 157 Burgess Road, South Windsor CT Between the hours of 8 am and 3 pm Monday thru Friday.

Compost is unscreened and has the potential for unwanted contaminates.  Compost is derived of mainly leaves, certified lab analysis of compost may be provided by request.

There are no promises or guarantees as to the quality or contents of South Windsor’s Compost.  South Windsor’s Compost has been found to be very natural, and nutrient rich; which will bring increased vigor and emergence to all of your growing needs.

Prior to trucks being loaded an equipment damage waiver must be signed or on file with the Town of South Windsor public works department.