City residents are asked to place leaves into brown, paper bags beside their regular garbage cans. Over the next two weeks, crews will pick up the compostable waste separately from garbage and recycling. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Howard A. Ludwig

LOGAN SQUARE — The city will pick up properly bagged leaves and yard waste through Nov. 20, but residents and businesses can also help keep the neighborhoods clean and prevent winter flooding by pitching in Nov. 8 for a citywide Clean and Green Day.

Residents can call 311 to request a yard waste collection. A truck will collect leaves and other yard waste separately based on the 311 calls and take the yard waste to be composted.

Residents should bag the yard waste separately from garbage in the black carts and recycling in the Blue Carts. Bagged yard waste can be left in the alley or on the curb for pickup.

As a reminder, yard waste should not be thrown in the Blue Cart as it contaminates the recycling stream, according to the alderman's office. If you use paper-type bags, please makes make sure they are not sitting in water or rain before pickup.

While street sweepers will work to clean the streets, neighbors can chip in to prevent winter flooding by clearing leaves from street drains and by not parking directly over sewers on the weekends. Debris that is left on top of sewers hardens over the winter and makes cleaning very difficult. Catch basins also freeze in the winter and the leftover debris will block sewer pipes to the main street pipe.

Questions about the Clean and Green day of service or yard waste collection can be directed to City Hall Program Coordinator Theresa O'Connell at 312-744-2085.

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