There are a total of 125 street miles within the City. Residential streets are swept twice a month and commercial streets are swept four times a month. A total of 8,515 street miles are swept annually picking up 1,600 cubic yards of debris.
Street sweeping is coordinated with garbage collection.
Street sweeping occurs the day following garbage collection, except where garbage collection occurs on Friday, the streets will be swept on Monday. Residents are advised to keep the curb area in front of their residence free from obstacles and parked cars during the days of scheduled street sweeping service. Leaf removal on City streets takes place annually during the months of November and December in residential areas with large deciduous trees, including the Manor area, Sunnyhills area and Milford area. Approximately 286 cubic yards of leaves are disposed of at the BFI recyclery or annually utilized as compost at the Milpitas Community garden. Sweeping our City streets is just one important part of preventing pollutants from entering the Bay through the Santa Clara Valley Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program.