Residential Brush Pick-up is Underway in La Grange

The recent bad weather and storms have caused minor damage to some of La Grange’s beautiful trees. You many have seen their branches littered in your backyard and on the street. Between the months of April and November, La Grange offers brush pick-up on the first Monday of each month. The next scheduled pick up will be Monday, May 2, so get your branches and limbs ready.

Items that are eligible for this service include fallen or cut branches and limbs from trees and bushes which cannot fit into a biodegradable paper bag, or a 35-gallon reusable container for regular yard waste pick-up.  

The Village of La Grange website requests that residents place their brush on the parkway in the following manner:

•  All brush must be placed in a neat, compact pile on the parkway with cut ends facing the street and no roots attached. Piles should not extend the entire length of the parkway. One compact large pile is preferred over smaller separate piles.
•  Brush must not be tied and should not be placed in containers.
•  Brush must not overhang into the street or sidewalk.
•  Do not place brush against a streetlight, fire hydrant, buffalo box, tree trunk, etc.
•  All wire, vines or other foreign objects must be removed, and no root balls, grass, leaves or other yard waste can be mixed with the brush.
•  Branches can be no more than 8 feet in length and 8 inches in diameter.
•  Removal of branches, or trees trimmed or removed by a contractor, is the contractor’s responsibility.
•  Diseased trees, tree trunks, logs, and decaying or rotted firewood will not be picked up.

Brush Pick-up Dates for 2011 are as follows:

• May 2
• June 6
• July 5 (Offices are closed July 4th due to the holiday)
• Aug. 1
• Sept. 6 (Offices are closed Sept. 5th due to the Labor Day holiday)
• Oct. 3
• Nov. 7

If you have any questions about this program, please contact the Department of Public Works at (708) 579-2328.