In lots of municipalities the leaves are gathered into large piles on the sides of the streets and large municipal vehicles come along periodically and suck them up. That’s the way it works where I live. Leaf blowers make it much easier to gather up the leaves into those piles; it’s a lot quicker and less labor-intensive than raking. At least that’s what they say, because I don’t rake leaves. I let them sit on the lawn and decay over the winter, providing nutrients for the soil.
Leave the leaves and grass clippings in place...or better yet don’t mow the grass...become a greener sob....I can’t picture an electric Stihl cutting a dead 30” oak for firewood....my 1000s of secsds (solar energy collection storage devices...ie trees) are coaxed to release that stored solar energy with my gas powered Stihls....my leaf blower is used for blowing leaves and straw from the dog house off my porch...my compact edc assault chainsaw is an arborist Echo...ahhh the sounds of suburbia in the am...here it is crows, woodpeckers, roosters crowing, cows, dogs barking, and my Stihls in the fall and winter....and sporadic gunfire for hunting or practice...life is good...
I don’t rake leaves. I let them sit on the lawn and decay over the winter, providing nutrients for the soil.
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Yes, and if you don’t like unsightly appearance of leaves rotting on your lawn, you can use a recycling lawn mower (such as the Honda and Toro Personal Pace) to chew the leaves up into small pieces and let those nutrients go to work as you say.
This is what I do in my backyard that has a couple large trees. So I never have to rake and bag leaves.