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Denver outlines Leaf Drop 2025 schedule and rules as compost participation climbs
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City staff detailed Leaf Drop 2025 locations, bag and trailer rules, and how residents can request free compost carts; staff reported roughly 75,500 compost customers (~42% participation) and a 55% year-to-date rise in compost tonnage.
City staff on Tuesday walked Denver’s Mayor and City Council through the Leaf Drop 2025 program, listing weekday and pop-up drop locations, rules for accepted materials and trailers, and how residents can sign up for year-round composting.
Nina, the city presenter for Leaf Drop, said weekday drop sites opened last Monday and will operate 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Nov. 21 at three standing locations: the Cherry Creek Transfer Station (Jewel Avenue entrance), the Havana Nursery (Smith Road) and the Central Platte campus (Bayaud entrance). The city will also hold pop-up weekend events at Bruce Randolph High School, Kennedy High School, Sloan’s Lake and Veterans Park, Nina said.
“Nina said, ‘Leaves must be in yard waste bags. We do not accept…
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