Opening for leaf drop-off site nearing for Windham residents

By Ed Pierce

After a long winter of shoveling snow, Windham residents are starting to spruce up their yards and getting rid of any leaves and brush that may have accumulated since last fall is a priority.

Windham's leaf and brush disposal site
opens for the season at 7 a.m. Saturday,
April 22 at the end of Enterprise Drive
off Route 302 behind the self-storage
building. FILE PHOTO 

Once again, Windham’s Department of Public Works will be providing a town leaf and brush drop-off site which will accept leaves and brush for disposal following spring residential clean-ups. The site will be made available only for the disposal of leaves and brush and is located at the very end of Enterprise Drive, off Route 302, behind the self-storage building in North Windham.

DPW officials are asking residents dropping off items for disposal that the leaves are separated from brush and disposed of in the appropriate areas where the posted signs indicate.

For those transporting leaves to the site in paper or plastic bags, DPW requests that the leaves be removed from the bags and the bags taken back home. They also are asking that residents not dispose of any brush at the site larger than 12 inches in diameter.

As a reminder, residents are not allowed to dump garbage, yard waste, or other items at the leaf and brush drop-off site. Windham residents should be aware that leaves are not collected at the curb and should not be placed in recycling bins. Typically, about 400 to 500 yards in cubic feet is collected at the site in disposed brush and leaves during the spring season.

The Windham leaf and brush disposal site will be open starting at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 22 and will close for the season at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 14.

If you have any questions about services or need assistance, please call the Windham Public Works office at 207-892-1909. <