Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Leaf Fall in Harringay
With the huge amount of leaf fall at this time of year I asked Veolia how they deal with this.
The roads continue to be swept on a regular schedule during the autumn but they recognise the increased leaf fall at this particular time warrants extra resources and have therefore recruited additional teams and members of staff to deal with this issue.
In addition, the wet weather makes it more difficult to handle the leaves. The additional crews are deployed in the areas of heaviest leaf fall to have the biggest impact.
My enquiry has been forwarded to the Village Manager, Dave Cook who covers the ladder area to keep an eye on matters and arrange resources as required to deal efficiently with this issue.
Do let myself or Veolia know if there are any particular issues that need attention.
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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Its a shame that neighbours don't get together and sweep outside their houses,COMMUNITY SPIRIT?.......Even if you leave it in bags on the street ,a quick phone call to Veolia and they will pick it up?
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Ah but what if it's the wrong type of leaves? They could bring us all to a screeching skidding halt.
It's autumn, folks!
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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I wonder if the leaves just get chucked into landfill, or whether they are kept aside for composting? I can forgive the former on dirty main roads where there's more litter, but in side roads it's just leaves. They could be sold on after a bit as useful compost, more nutritious than the general compost from Edmonton. BTW the compost giveaway today at Ally Pally was so successful that by the time I got there it was all gone, sometime after lunch. That'll larn me.
*<goes outside to look at whether it's worth doing a DIY sweepup in the street here>*
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Leaf mould really has to be composted separately from ordinary green waste - it needs quite a long time and lots of air to break down, so some sort of cage is best. Can't see Haringey having the space or resources to do this.
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Last year as I was walking on Quernmore Road it was so cluttered with leaves that you cannot see the pavement nor the kerb or distinguish where the road starts.The lighting is so bad that I slipped on the leaves and the uneven pavement, I hurt my knee and spent 2 weeks not been able to walk. All it takes is for people to sweep leaves outside their front gate and get the council to pick up what has been cleared. The council does their best and it would be nice if everyone done their bit.
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Sorry to hear about your accident Jane. I have also slipped and (nearly) fallen a few times in Burgoyne Road where wet leaves have been stuck to the pavement.
Where I live near Quernmore the wind often does the job of collecting the leaves - usually right outside my house. If I was to sweep them all to my front gate it would cause quite an obstruction, and anyway, it's not something I think I should be expected to do.
I have lived here long enough (47 years) to remember how the leaves were dealt with in the earlier days of Haringey Council. Teams of men used to be deployed who would make their way along the street picking up all the leaves with boards and dumping them straight into an accompanying truck. This made short work of it. Prior to this the leaves were often just swept into a pile and burnt in the street! Of course, in those days, there were rather fewer parked vehicles to worry about. The present system often seems to be a lone road sweeper (seldom) collecting leaves into green bags which are then just left on the street for days. I find this pathetic and ridiculous.
If this is the Council's best its not good enough.
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Pity those in the leafier parts of the borough - I nearly came a cropper in Crouch End the other day.
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Yes, I really do worry about our Dear Leader having to go home to Muswell Hill every night. Can't she abolish Autumn and make us all happy?
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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on
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The leaves that are collected from the highways are often contaminated with oil and other stuff so are not suitable for composting, however, leaves collected from parks and open spaces are composted.
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Permalink Reply by Gillian on
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Yes that's what we did last week in Stationers Park last Friday as part of the Volunteer Group. Four of us collected 29 bags in about 2 hours.
More pictures here.
The Environmental Agency are trialling composting leaf litter from streets but urban litter is too contaminated by litter, oil and grit unfortunately. I like the idea of people making their own leaf litter compost though, especially if you use coffee grounds: 40% leaf litter, 40% coffee grounds, 20% food waste or grass cuttings.
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