Leaf litter
The Municipality of Leudal is once again working to minimize the nuisance caused by falling leaves from municipal trees this season. In 2026, we will install approximately 200 leaf bins in Leudal, and at six locations, we will set up larger facilities with crowd control barriers to accommodate municipal leaves. In addition, several sports facilities will also be equipped with leaf bins.
The extent and distribution of leaf fall depend heavily on the tree species and weather conditions. The dry summer also affects leaf fall. By clearing away fallen leaves and placing leaf bins, we try to minimize any inconvenience as much as possible. At times, however, there may still be some inconvenience caused by falling leaves and fruit.
Tips and concerns
I have many large trees in my own garden
If this is the case, we ask that you refrain from bringing large quantities of leaves to the leaf bins using cars, tractors, or carts. You can instead drop off your leaves at the recycling center in Roggel. You may bring 2 m³ per week free of charge. For information and opening hours, visit www.rdmaasland.nl or. Please be sure to bring your valid RD Maasland waste pass.
Consult location of leaf boxes and leaf vacuum routes
On our website, you can view the maps showing the locations of the leaf bins and leaf collection routes for 2026. These maps can be found (by district) at the bottom of this section, under the heading “Leaf Bins and Sweeping Routes.”
- Symbol with leaf: indicates location of leaf boxes
- Symbol with square: indicates large leaf location with crowd barriers
- Blue lines: indicate the routes of the external leaf vacuum cleaner
We no longer place leaf bins out, nor do we move bins upon request. You do not need to call the municipality regarding these requests;
Time leaf vacuum / sweeper
We cannot announce in advance when the leaf vacuum or sweeper truck will come by. This strongly depends on weather conditions (early or late frost, temperature, strong wind/storm, technical failure, tipping moments). What we try to do is to respond to leaf drop peaks in a timely and efficient manner.
Leaf and fruit waste
Leaf and fruit fall are part of a natural process and are part of autumn. It may cause some inconvenience, but do not see it as a nuisance. Leaves in the garden also offer protection to plants, for example against night frost. They are also an important source of food for birds during the winter period. There are many insects in the layer of fallen leaves.
Additional green waste delivery facility Baexem
The green waste delivery facility in Baexem is open from March 15th to November.
More information
We try to reduce leaf litter nuisance as much as possible. The infographic below shows at a glance, what we do.
Image not easy to read? Download the infographic as a pdf at the bottom of this page.
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Infographic Leaf litter
The image is an infographic about leaf clearance in the municipality of Leudal, the Netherlands.
The image is in Dutch and is titled "Leaf clearance: What do we do?"
The image is divided into areas with different illustrations and text explaining how to clean up leaf litter. Scattered throughout the page. You can see in the background some pink rolling surfaces and pink leaves of different trees. Among them is the maple tree.
At the top of the page is a large orange cloud, which includes some autumn leaves, with the following text. Thickly printed in black text: "Leaf Clearance" and below it in white text with capital letters: "WHAT WE DO:"
There is a green/brown cloud in the lower right corner with the following text: The leaf season runs from October through December.
In the upper right corner you will find a white cloud containing the logo of the Municipality of Leudal.
The text below it says: "Report app public space. Easily make a report about public space via the report app 'my municipality' or via www.leudal.nl/openbare-ruimte-melding/"
Below the large orange cloud, on the left side of the image, is the black text, "Accept that there is leaf and fruit fall this period," and bold: "autumn has its charm!" In the background you can see a number of pale pink leaves in various shapes.
To its right is the following black text with a white background. In bold print the title: "Leaf vacuuming with leaf vacuum trucks"
And below that with normal text formatting: "With this we will start from mid-October in the cores. This will be provided by an external company. In hard-to-reach places, leaf will be blown up the roadway with leaf blowers, so that the leaves can be taken away by the leaf vacuum cleaner. Look for more routes per core at www.leudal.nl/bladafval."
Below we see a full-width picture of a gray winding road, with 11 trees and a few shrubs that have different leaves in fall colors (yellow, red, green, pink and orange). On the road is a yellow leaf vacuum truck.
Below the road is the following black text on a white background.
thickly printed title: "Leaf Baskets."
And below that with normal text formatting: "There are leaf boxes in each core at locations where there are many municipal trees. Our field service empties these regularly. Look for exact locations at www.leudal.nl/bladafval"
To the right of the text is a picture of a red house with a brown roof and a dark gray chimney. The house has a gray front door on the right side and two windows on the left side, the left half of which is colored gray and the right half light blue. The house is on a gray winding road, which runs the entire width and almost meets the gray road above it on the right side, on which the leaf vacuum truck drives. Along the gray road are a number of bushes with leaves in fall colors. In front of the house, walking on the road, a woman with long blue-gray hair, a dark blue sweater with an orange vest, purple pants and light blue shoes playfully tosses autumn leaves from an oak tree into the air.
To the right of the house, between the two gray roads, you will see an orange area containing the black text, "The bike paths in the forest are cleaned regularly to avoid unsafe situations. The cleaning is done by our own field staff. But sometimes a tractor with a leaf blower is hired. This blows the cycle paths clean. But RD-Maasland also sweeps the bike paths regularly."
Below the road, in the center of the page, is a yellow text area containing the black text, "RD Maasland sweeps as many streets as possible during the leaf season where there are municipal trees and that are not zoned for leaf vacuum."
To the left of this text is an image of the head and shoulders of a man with dark purple/brown hair. The hair extends into a beard and mustache. The man wears an orange scarf that flutters in the wind. Underneath, he wears a coat the same color as his hair. Above him swirl an orange oak leaf and a pale pink maple leaf. To the right is a tree with two bushes at its roots, the same height as the man. The dark brown trunk and branches are clearly visible. On the left half the leaves are colored green-brown and on the right half light green. The left bush has the same color light green, the right bush is light pink.
To the right of the yellow text area, a woman with purple long hair, a light purple hat, a yellow coat, purple pants and purple-pink boots is walking. She is holding a purple umbrella in her left hand. Next to her is a tree with a dark orange bush at its roots and a red mushroom with white dots. The dark brown trunk and branches are clearly visible. On the left half the leaves are colored light pink and on the right half light orange.
On the right side of the page you will see a square rounded light teal area placed on the left side containing black text. In bold the title: "Public Spaces"
And below that with normal text formatting: "As the leaf season draws to a close, lawns in public spaces will be cleared of leaves. We clean up first along roads and at residents' homes.
This has priority for safety and nuisance reasons."
At the very bottom left of the page are a square rounded light brown area containing black text.
Bold title: "What is allowed and what is not?" And then in bulleted text underneath:
"Leaf baskets are intended for leaves from municipal trees;
- No proprietary leaf litter, no trimmings, plant debris, plastic bags or garbage;
- When misused, the baskets are no longer emptied or removed altogether;
- No leaf boxes will be added or moved;
- You can offer free leaf at the environmental park in Roggel (2 cubic meters per week)."
In the lower right corner of the light brown area, you will find an orange pumpkin with brown stem in the middle.
In the center on the right youe see a picture of a boy with short orange hair, a blue jacket with a dark blue hood, purple pants and blue shoes reading a book outside on an orange bench.
To its right is a square pink rounded text area containing black text. Above the pink text area is the title in bold "Did you know." In the pink text area, the following black text appears in bullet points: "Fallen leaves offer protection to plants;
- Fallen leaves protect against night frost;
- Fallen leaves are a food source and protective cover for insects."
In the lower right corner are 4 maple leaves drawn in the following colors respectively; green, yellow, orange and pink. Over these leaves is the following black text, "We do our best to minimize leaf litter nuisance!!!"