My first encounter with the stinky leaf piles was when my main family was still in Willow Creek. Tried burning the infernal piles and nothing happened. I gave up and got a mod that basically destroys leaf piles when you click on them. I actually don't mind the leaf pile hunt, as it's quite fun in my view. What I do mind about however, is the sim that keeps raking leaves outside the lots into piles. You never see them, but I know they're there. When I find them...I'll feed them to the sharks. Besides, there's several bins in the Furystrykar Household's current area in Windenburg...