Need mulch? Give almost any town in North Jersey a call

The freak October storm that dropped a good amount of snow across northern New Jersey also dropped tons of trees and branches. So much so that Department of Public Works employees are piling up the overtime as they pick up, chip up, mulch up and pile up all the debris.

And they need to get it done soon, as the annual fall leaf collections already are coming in.

NBC New York's Brian Thompson, who has a nose for such quirky environmental news, shows us just how big a job the North Jersey Mulchup is in the video below. 

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com.

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