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HOLIDAY COLLECTION PROCEDURES FOR REFUSE, RECYCLING & LARGE ITEM COLLECTION:

 

There will be no refuse or recycling collection on Monday September 1st
due to the Labor Day Holiday.  Your refuse and recycling will be collected on Tuesday September 2nd.

Material from the Monday and Tuesday collection districts will be collected on Tuesday September 2nd.

Make sure you have your material out on time on Tuesday the 2nd.  East side residents should have their material our by 6 a.m. and west side residents should have their's out by 7 a.m.

The yard waste drop off sites will be open the entire Labor Day weekend form 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Refuse & Recycling:
The Streets Division does not provide refuse or recycling collection on City holidays.
Those holidays are:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day (July 4th)
  • Labor Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • The Friday after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Day

It is the policy of the Streets Division to provide refuse and recycling collection in those areas affected by the holiday on the next working day after the holiday.
For example, all residents of Monday's trash collection districts will have their refuse and recycling collected the Tuesday after a Monday holiday (as listed above).

Exception: the two day Thanksgiving Holiday. Residents in the Thursday refuse district will have their material collected the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Residents in the Friday District will have their material collected on the following Monday.

For 2008 the residents of Thursday's District will have their material collected on Wednesday 11/26. Residents in Friday's District will have their material collected on Monday 12/1.

Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve:

The Streets Division does provide regular refuse and recycling collection on December 24th and December 31st.  However, our crews only work a half day on these dates.  Therefore it is important that you have your material out by 6 a.m. on east side and 7 a.m. on the west side.

Large Item Collection:

Large item collection is greatly curtailed during weeks with holidays.
We ask that you hold your large items until the following week if at all possible.