Press Release for Immediate Release December 20, 2006 Winter Holiday Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule Announced (Washington, DC) The following is the holiday schedule for Department of Public Works (DPW) services through the beginning of 2007.  Christmas Day: Monday, December 25, 2006 District government offices will be closed and most services will be suspended, including DPW trash and recyclables collection, street cleaning, parking enforcement, and towing. All services will resume Tuesday, December 26, 2006. Trash and recyclables collection will slide one day citywide for the remainder of the week.   New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1, 2007 On New Year’s Day, District government offices will be closed and most services will be suspended, including DPW trash and recyclables collection, street cleaning, parking enforcement, and towing. All services will resume Tuesday, January 2, 2007. Trash and recyclables collection will slide one day citywide for the remainder of the week. Holiday Tree Collection: January 2–13, 2007 Additionally, residents should mark their calendars for the annual Christmas tree collection. Residents who receive DC trash collection service are encouraged to put holiday trees and other greenery–without ornaments or tinsel–in curbside tree boxes by January 2, 2007. Trees will be picked up during a special two-week collection from January 2–13. Residents who wish to keep their trees longer should put them out at their normal point of trash collection (curbside or alley) after January 13. DPW will then collect the trees along with the regular trash, as truck space permits over the following weeks.