华盛顿特区落叶收集季11月2日启动 市长 Muriel Bowser 10月19日主持启动活动
华盛顿——华盛顿特区市长办公室宣布，市长 Muriel Bowser 将于 10 月 19 日上午 11 时与市公共工程局（DPW）共同启动 2026–2027 年度落叶收集季，今秋的落叶收集作业将于 11 月 2 日（周一）正式开始。
启动活动在 1600 G Street SE 举行，DPW 代理局长 Chris Rodriguez 与落叶收集协调员 Eddie Sanders 将出席。活动现场将演示如何将废弃南瓜处理为堆肥，落叶收集车队随后将在周边街区开始作业。
市长办公室表示，DPW 每年从全市八个区住宅街道收集数千吨落叶，及时清运可防止落叶堵塞雨水口，并将落叶与食物残渣等有机物转化为堆肥、减少进入垃圾填埋场的废弃物。市政府呼吁居民配合所在街区的清运安排，将落叶置于指定收集位置。
D.C. Leaf Collection Season Begins Nov. 2; Mayor Muriel Bowser to Kick Off the Season Oct. 19
WASHINGTON — Mayor Muriel Bowser will join the District's Department of Public Works (DPW) at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, to kick off the 2026–2027 leaf collection season, the Mayor's Office announced. Curbside leaf collection across the District begins Monday, Nov. 2.
The kickoff event takes place at 1600 G Street SE, with DPW Interim Director Chris Rodriguez and leaf coordinator Eddie Sanders attending. The event will feature a demonstration on how to prepare discarded pumpkins for composting, and leaf crews will perform collection operations in the vicinity immediately afterward.
Each year, DPW crews collect thousands of tons of leaves from residential streets across all eight wards. The seasonal operation prevents leaves from clogging storm drains and supports the District's sustainability efforts by turning leaves and food scraps into compost instead of sending organic material to landfills. The city asks residents to follow their neighborhood's collection schedule and place leaves at the designated collection points.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：华盛顿特区街景（CC BY-SA 2.0，via Wikimedia Commons）
GSM Global · 本篇英文版 English edition of this story
