Loose Leaf Collection 

The City of Anniston’s Street Department offers loose leaf collection around 

October through March of each year. During this time, citizens may bag and place their loose leaves out, and our Street Department team will collect them. To learn more about our city’s debris pickup policy, please click here. NOTE: Leaf pickup does not follow the same schedule as brush pickup, unless your leaves are bagged.

  

What to do with leaves in Anniston

Here are some Tips to make Leaf and Brush Pickup go faster:

• Pile loose leaves on the edge of your yard, but not in the gutter. If they’re in the gutter, they’ll create drainage problems. If they’re too far from the curb, the leaf truck can’t reach them.

• Try to get loose leaves all in one place. A single pile is better than a line of leaf piles across your lot.

• Bagging is faster. If you bag your leaves, they’re likely to get picked up faster. Bagged leaves will go to the landfill instead of the incinerator, but leaves are lighter than other bagged trash and therefore don’t add much to landfill costs.

• Keep it separate. Put leaves in one pile and brush in another. If you put brush or garbage on top of leaves, the leaf truck can’t get to the leaves. 

• Don’t stack garbage on top of brush. If there’s garbage on top of a brush pile, neither the garbage nor the brush will be picked up! The City will not pick-up household waste, garbage, furniture, construction materials, or contractor waste.