Metro Nashville Public Works Department performs Brush and Leaf collections periodically.
To ensure that your brush will be collected, you should have limbs and all other yard waste out and ready for pick-up by the day found on the link above. Only place limbs, branches and true yard waste by the curb for brush crews. Lumber, household trash and other types of debris found in your brush pile means it won't get picked up. Brush piles should not be placed close to mailboxes, utility poles, fences, trees, other stationary objects, in ditches or near storm drains. The mechanical arm of the knuckle boom truck needs enough room to lift the brush pile up and into the trailer pulled behind the truck.
Place leaves in biodegradable paper bags only. Paper biodegradable bags can be purchased at most hardware stores. Plastic bags will not be picked up.
For questions about services please contact Public Works Customer Service Representatives at (615) 880-1000, ext 311, or visit Brush Do's and Don'ts.