Can some explain 'landscapers' blowing clippings in the street

[DJM]

LAZY?

I used to work for a lawn bussiness in college, and trust me, there is nothing lazy about that job. They are basically trying to mow as many yards as they can in a day to turn a little profit, I am sure with gas prices these days they are stretched to the limit for time, the more lawns you mow, the more profit you make. I am sure they would rather stick around and bag some clippings rather than load up and head to antoher lawn. Just the loading and offloading the equipment at 15-20 different houses is more than most people will do in a day. The only thing lazy in that equation is the homeowner who pays these guys to mow his lawn.

If you're hired to do a job part of the job is cleaning up after yourself.If a mechanic left greasy hand prints on your car you wouldn't be happy if he said he had to move on to another job to make money would you?

DJ

[McPatrickClan]

I usually blow mine all over my yard- it's healthy for the lawn!

[Tmag]

"Sweeping grass, leaves, grass clippings, yard waste, etc., into a storm drain is cited as a civil solid-waste violation of State Municipal Solid Waste rules, Chapter 330.15 (a)(1). Civil penalties are $50 to $25,000 per day per violation. Criminal penalties, if pursued, are $500 to $100,000 per day per violation."

http://fortworthgov.org/uploadedFiles/Code_Compliance/News_and_Information/Printable_Information/Grass%20Clippings%20Flyer_final.pdf

Against the law in Ft Worth.

And Dallas, and Houston, and several other cities in Texas.

If you put it in the street they will say it will end up in the storm drain.

What got me riled on this was watching the City of Houston employees mowing the grass at one of their office complexes and then blowing the grass into the storm drain on the street.
"Do as I say, not as I do."

[LemmeOut]

If you're hired to do a job part of the job is cleaning up after yourself.If a mechanic left greasy hand prints on your car you wouldn't be happy if he said he had to move on to another job to make money would you?

DJ

They didn't leave the clippings in the homeowners yard so to the customer they did clean up after themselves. This is more like the mechanic taking his greasy hands from working on your car and wiping them on the next car or the wall of the shop. On that same note I blew my clippings into the street when I lived in the city along with one of the city's police officers that lived next door to me. I didn't like the loose clippings in the yard and couldn't afford a sweeper behing my mower.

[HNT ETX]

If you're hired to do a job part of the job is cleaning up after yourself.If a mechanic left greasy hand prints on your car you wouldn't be happy if he said he had to move on to another job to make money would you?

DJ

Sorry but that analogy doesn't quite make the stretch.

BUT, if the handprints dried up, shriveled and were blown away by the breeze over night, I probably wouldn't care.

[thamp1]

seems as if with the current wind conditions the clippings wouldnt hang around long!!!

[LemmeOut]

"Sweeping grass, leaves, grass clippings, yard waste, etc., into a storm drain is cited as a civil solid-waste violation of State Municipal Solid Waste rules, Chapter 330.15 (a)(1). Civil penalties are $50 to $25,000 per day per violation. Criminal penalties, if pursued, are $500 to $100,000 per day per violation."

http://fortworthgov.org/uploadedFiles/Code_Compliance/News_and_Information/Printable_Information/Grass%20Clippings%20Flyer_final.pdf

Against the law in Ft Worth.

And Dallas, and Houston, and several other cities in Texas.

If you put it in the street they will say it will end up in the storm drain.

What got me riled on this was watching the City of Houston employees mowing the grass at one of their office complexes and then blowing the grass into the storm drain on the street.
"Do as I say, not as I do."

One of the advantages of living i na tiny city with no storm drains. Heck most of streets didn't even have ditches.

[Shane]

There are no storm drains in Abilene, and the wind blows a LOT here.

By the way, I don't blow all my clippings into the street. Whatever ends up on the curb and in the gutter after mowing and edging is all that gets blown and scattered. The majority is mulched by the mower and stays on the yard.

[TexasRed]

I blow mine into the street too (actually my kids do it). It's gone in a matter of hours, as the heat on the asphalt dries it to nothing and it blows away pretty quickly. I figure that is more "eco-friendly" than putting it in a plastic bag and sending it to the landfill.

Me too.

[blacksunshine]

throw in the caveat of drainage....

yeah it all blows away...ie, someone else's issue....it also builds up along curbs and holds dirt and water, it goes down storm drains and causes obstructions within the sewer systems....

I was a mow monkey for a while back in high school and mowed 25+ yards/commercial properties in a day, so I know all about it myself....we always cleaned up, not only making sure the clients property looked spiffy, but also not making a mess of anything else around it....

nothing is a big deal if no one makes a fuss about it....right....??? nice mantra

[HNT ETX]

throw in the caveat of drainage....

yeah it all blows away...ie, someone else's issue....it also builds up along curbs and holds dirt and water, it goes down storm drains and causes obstructions within the sewer systems....

I was a mow monkey for a while back in high school and mowed 25+ yards/commercial properties in a day, so I know all about it myself....we always cleaned up, not only making sure the clients property looked spiffy, but also not making a mess of anything else around it....

nothing is a big deal if no one makes a fuss about it....right....??? nice mantra

I can think of alot better causes to put your effort behind, but good luck.

[slayer]

I blow whats left after mulching and trimming into the street. I only do it to irritate my neighbors!

[Smart]

I blow whats left after mulching and trimming into the street. I only do it to irritate my neighbors!

I am going to start doing it to **** off blacksunshine...

[rrebel83]

Not sure what happens to mine. Wife mows the lawn...

[blacksunshine]

"Sweeping grass, leaves, grass clippings, yard waste, etc., into a storm drain is cited as a civil solid-waste violation of State Municipal Solid Waste rules, Chapter 330.15 (a)(1). Civil penalties are $50 to $25,000 per day per violation. Criminal penalties, if pursued, are $500 to $100,000 per day per violation."

http://fortworthgov.org/uploadedFiles/Code_Compliance/News_and_Information/Printable_Information/Grass%20Clippings%20Flyer_final.pdf

Against the law in Ft Worth.

And Dallas, and Houston, and several other cities in Texas.

If you put it in the street they will say it will end up in the storm drain.

What got me riled on this was watching the City of Houston employees mowing the grass at one of their office complexes and then blowing the grass into the storm drain on the street.
"Do as I say, not as I do."

I'd be more inclined to believe the 'employees' have no clue about the law and probably couldn't read it anyway