Leaf Pick Up in Toledo: 2026 Schedule, Set-Out Rules and Drop-Off Sites

When Toledo picks up leaves in 2026

The City of Toledo runs its leaf program in the fall, starting Monday, November 2, 2026. The city plans for about 6 weeks of collection, with the goal of getting most leaves off the streets before the first snowfall. Crews work through the city by ZIP code, and the city posts schedule updates on Fridays, so the week listed for your ZIP can shift if crews fall behind or get ahead.

Here is the first-pass schedule the city published for 2026:

• Week of November 2: 43623, 43613, 43606 and 43615
• Week of November 9: 43614 and 43607
• Week of November 16: 43605, 43612, 43604, 43611 and 43609
• Week of November 23: 43610, 43620 and 43608

Which ZIP codes get a second pass

Leaves keep coming down after the first crew goes by, especially on streets lined with big oaks and maples. The city schedules a second pass from December 7 to December 14, 2026, but only for some ZIP codes. Going by the city's table, 43623, 43613, 43606, 43615 and 43614 get the second pass. 43607 and every ZIP in the November 16 and November 23 weeks do not.

If your ZIP is on the no-second-pass list, the timing of your raking matters more. Leaves that fall after your crew comes through will need one of the options in the section on missed collection below. The city's leaf collection map on toledo.oh.gov shows where crews are working, and you can sign up for city text alerts to hear about schedule changes.

The ZIP list covers the City of Toledo. If you live in a suburb or township nearby, such as Sylvania Township, Maumee, Perrysburg or Monclova, your own city or township decides whether and how leaves get collected, so check with them.

How to set leaves out at the curb

The city's set-out rules are short. Following them keeps your street on schedule and keeps the crew from skipping your pile:

• Rake leaves to the curb and pile them along the curb line of your residential street.
• Put them out no more than 2 days before your scheduled pickup. Piles that sit for a week blow around, mat down in the rain and wash into drains.
• Clear both sides of the street.
• Keep storm inlets clear of leaves. Leaves packed into a drain cause flooding and clog the sewers.
• Do not park on the street on your scheduled pickup date, since the crew needs the curb line open.

Keep sticks, grass and other debris out of the pile

The city's leaf page talks only about leaves. It does not say anything about bagged leaves, branches, grass clippings or other yard debris, so the safe approach is a pile of loose leaves and nothing else. Sticks, rocks, bricks and trash mixed into a leaf pile are hard on collection equipment, and keeping them out is the easiest way to make sure the pile gets picked up.

Branches go a different way. The City of Toledo picks up branches as part of its weekly bulk pickup, as long as they are tied into a bundle no bigger than 3 feet by 4 feet and each bundle weighs under 40 pounds. You can put out up to 5 bulk items or bundles a week with your regular trash, and there is no alley or side street pickup. Our bulk pickup guide covers the rest of those rules and what the city leaves at the curb.

A few practical tips from general yard work:

• Rake when the leaves are dry. Wet leaves weigh a lot more, stick to the rake and pack into a dense mat.
• Pick up fallen sticks before you rake so they do not end up buried in the pile.
• Rake the lawn more than once if you have heavy tree cover. A thick layer of leaves left on grass over a Northwest Ohio winter can smother it.
• Leave a gap between the pile and any storm drain on your stretch of curb.

If you miss your leaf pickup week

The city is clear on one point: if you miss collection, do not put leaves in the street. It gives three other options.

The first is to compost or mulch the leaves. Running a mower over dry leaves a couple of times chops them small enough to break down into the lawn, which works well for a light to moderate layer. Larger amounts can go in a compost pile or get spread as mulch in garden beds.

The second is your gray trash container. This works for the last few piles of the season but fills up fast if you have mature trees.

The third is a city leaf drop-off site. All five are open from November 2, 2026, through January 8, 2027:

• Bowman Park, 4671 Jackman Rd. (43612), in the parking lot off Jackman Road
• Detwiler Park, 3775 Manhattan Blvd. (43611), in the parking lot at the baseball fields
• Ravine Park, 1600 Mott Ave. (43605), in the parking lot at the dead end
• Woodsdale Park, 1226 Woodsdale Ave. (43614), in the parking lot off Woodsdale Avenue
• Elmdale Woodlot, 221 Elmdale Rd. (43607), open Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hauling for brush, storm debris and big fall cleanups

The leaf program handles loose leaves at the curb, and bulk pickup handles a few light bundles a week. Plenty of fall yard work fits neither one: a downed limb after a windstorm, a pile of brush from cutting back an overgrown fence line, old shrubs ripped out of a bed, broken fencing or lattice, a stump, or a season's worth of bagged leaves and debris that would take your trash cart months to work through. Anything over 40 pounds, more than 5 bundles a week, or loose debris that is not bundled stays at the curb under the city's bulk rules.

Our yard waste removal crew hauls branches and limbs, small to medium stumps, brush and shrubs, leaves and grass clippings, mulch and soil, fencing and lattice, and storm damage debris. For most residential yard cleanups, one trip covers it, and if the job is bigger than that, like a full tree's worth of debris, we tell you up front if it will take more than one load. For a stump that needs grinding, a tree service handles that part and we haul the debris afterward.

Most of the yard waste we collect goes to composting facilities or green waste processing instead of the landfill. Same-day pickup is available for most addresses in Toledo and Northwest Ohio, and calling before noon gives the best chance of an afternoon pickup. If the pile is already at the curb or in the driveway, our curbside pickup option means you do not need to be home. Call Powerhouse for a free estimate.