PORTLAND -- Wet weather has arrived in the Pacific Northwest and metro residents may look out windows to see autumn’s colorful leaves now piling up on driveways and sidewalks or else clogging rainspouts and gutters.

For the next several weekends Portland residents can drop off their leafy debris at several leaf depots throughout the city.

Leaf drops cost $1 per car load, typically, with truck and SUV loads costing $4, trailer loads running $5 and commercial drops costing $30 per load.

Senior citizens receive a $1 discount.

Drop-offs are located around the city and the leaves are turned into compost.

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One man at the Gabriel Park depot says dropping off his leaf load is better than other options.

"Burning seems to be more of a hassle. Putting them at the curb is more expensive and leaving them in the yard is going to kill the grass,” Dave Couch said.

The drop-off spots do not accept other yard debris. Operation hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the last weekend of November.