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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP this is already the rule in MoCo.  https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-highway/leaf/index.html

"We appreciate the area's residents placing their leaves at the curb and keeping them out of the street, which keeps the streets safe for the traveling public."[/quote]

Op comes off poorly (cause cyclists)  but in Montgomery County they are right. Leaves are not supposed to be on the streets but on the curb, which is the grassy part next to the street.

[img]https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Highway/Resources/Images/neighborhood%20leaf%20collection%2C%2018x24%2C%20Aug%2019%2C%202015%20YELLOW.jpg[/img]
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It depends on where in MoCo you are. This flyer is only for the unincorporated parts of MoCo. There are 19 independent municipalities that aren't covered by this directive because they have their own rules and their own garbage/yard waste collection services. Some require inside the curb/on the sidewalk/not in the street and others require leaves actually to be in the street.

I'm opposed to leaf pick-up, period, as I don't rake our leaves but leave them to decompose. The whole US obsession with yards is ridiculous and such an enormously environmentally destructive practice. Specifically with respect to leaf collection, leaf blowing with gas-powered blowers is an ecological nightmare, and getting rid of all our leaves is helping destroy native insect populations, increase runoff, and decrease tree health. We'd all be a lot better off if people could stop obsessing about getting rid of leaves and figure out ways to collect and compost them on-site.

But all that said, it's simply not true that there's one set of rules for leaf collection applicable uniformly in MoCo.[/quote]

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