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Holiday Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule
  • January 1, 2020, trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, Jan 2, 2020. All bulky items and County trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, January 23, 2020.
  • January 20, 2020 trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.  All bulky items will be collected on Thursday, January 23, 2020.
  • February 17, 2020, Trash and recycling will be collected Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. All bulky items will be collected on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.
  • May 22, 2020, Trash and recycling will be collected Tuesday, May 26, 2020. All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Thursday, May 28, 2020.
  • July 4, 2020 July 4th falls on a Saturday, so Friday July 3rd will be a holiday. Friday’s trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday July 2, 2020. All yard waste bulky items and County trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, June 30, 2020.
  • September 7, 2020 trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, September 8, 202020.  All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Thursday, September 10, 2020.
  • November 11, 2020 trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, November 12, 2020. All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
  • Thanksgiving Week Trash and recycling will be collected as usual on Friday, November 27, 2020. All yard waste, bulky items, and County trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, the week of Thanksgiving.
  • Christmas December 25  trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, Dec 24, 2020. All yard waste and bulky items and County trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, Dec 22, 2020.
  • New Years Day January 1, 2021 trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, Dec 31, 2020. All bulky items, and County trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, Dec 29, 2020.