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Holiday Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule
  • January 1, 2019, No bulky item collections.  All bulky items will be collected on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019.
  • January 14, 2019, Trash and recycling will be collected Tuesday, Jan. 15th. All bulky items will be collected on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.
  • February 18, 2019, Trash and recycling will be collected Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. All bulky items will be collected on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019.
  • May 27, 2019, Trash and recycling will be collected Tuesday, May 28, 2019. All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
  • July 4, 2018, Trash and recycling will be collected on Thursday, July 5, 2018. All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.
  • September 3, 2018, Trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Thursday, September 6, 2019.
  • Monday, November 12, 2018 Trash and recycling will be collected on Tuesday, November 13th. All yard waste and bulky items will be collected on Thursday, November 15, 2018.
  • Thursday November 22, 2018 No bulky item collection. All yard waste & bulky items will be collected on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the week of Thanksgiving. Trash and recycling will be collected as usual on Friday, November 23, 2018.
  • December 25, 2018, No bulky items collections. All bulk items will be collected on Thursday December 27, 2018.
  • January 1, 2019,  No bulky item collections. All bulky items will be collected Thursday, January 3, 2019.