Residents of Hazelwood, mark your calendars. The week of May 5 through May 9 has been designated for curbside limb collection on a slew of local streets, including Acorn Trail Drive and Cherokee Trail Drive, all the way to Willow River Court. In a recent announcement featured on the City of Hazelwood's official website, the City of Hazelwood has laid out the specifics for this cleanup initiative, aiming to keep the community tidy and safe following any winter or early spring storms that may have left debris in their wake.
The procedure is straightforward: Household trimmings must be positioned at the curb by 7 a.m. on the Monday of the assigned week. Limbs should have the cut end facing the street to facilitate easier collection. It's crucial to adhere to the posted schedule, as City of Hazelwood crews will pass through each street only once. It's also worth noting that the instructions explicitly state, "branches should not be cut into short pieces." The focus is on efficiency and safety, since mixing in wire, metal, trash, or garden waste with the brush not only poses a risk to the crew members but also to the machinery.
For any residents employing a contractor for their yard work, the responsibility falls on the contractor to remove the trimmings. The city will not shoulder this task and has warned that such debris left on the curbside will not be picked up by city crews. As per the guideline shared on the City of Hazelwood's announcement, "Trimmings done by a Contractor shall be hauled away by the Contractor and not left at the curb for City crews to pick up."
Moreover, there are limitations on what the city crew will collect: no stumps and no limbs with a diameter larger than 6 inches. Such rules are not just a matter of what's convenient but also what's possible with the equipment at hand, and to prevent any undue damage or burden on city resources.
