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Current Delays:All delayed routes are being actively monitored to ensure completion. Routes operating on schedule are expected to conclude by 7:00 p.m. As of September 3, 2026, the following routes are delayed and will be completed by September 4, 2026. Please leave your bins at your point of collection.
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Government of the District of Columbia, Department of Public Works
Testimony of Christopher J. Shorter, Director
Department of Public Works on: Public Oversight Roundtable on Leaf Collection
Committee On Transportation And The Environment
Mary M. Cheh, Chairperson
John A. Wilson Building
Room 412
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 15; therefore, sanitation services and most parking enforcement will be suspended and will resume on Tuesday, January 16.
Sanitation service and most parking enforcement will be suspend on the holidays.
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is pleased to announce that there will now be three locations open throughout the winter season for residents to bring their food waste to be composted. The food waste drop-off locations at Columbia Heights, Dupont Circle, and Eastern Market will now be open year-round.
Government of the District of Columbia, Department of Public Works
Testimony of Christopher J. Shorter, Director
Department of Public Works on: Bill 22-501, the “Residential Composting Incentives Amendment Act” and DPW’s Implementation of the Sustainable Solid Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014
Committee On Transportation And The Environment
Mary M. Cheh, Chairperson
John A. Wilson Building
Room 412
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will observe Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 23. As such, sanitation services will be suspended on Thursday, resuming Friday, November 24. Parking enforcement will also be suspended, with normal operations resuming Friday, November 24. The District of Columbia Government will be closed on Friday, November 24, but this will not impact sanitation services, parking enforcement, or leaf collections.
The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) will observe Veterans Day on Friday, November 10. As such, sanitation services will be suspended on Friday, resuming Saturday, November 11. Parking enforcement will also be suspended, with normal operations resuming Monday, November 13.
Friday trash and recycling collections will “slide” to Saturday for those who typically receive trash and recycling collection services on Friday.
(WASHINGTON, DC) The Department of Public Works (DPW) will accept District residents’ household hazardous waste and e-cyclables on November 2 and 30 from 1 pm—5 pm, in addition to our regular Saturday service from 8 am—3 pm at the Fort Totten Transfer Station.*
On Friday, City Administrator Rashad Young and leaders of the DC Snow Team will kick off the 2017-2018 snow season with a dry run exercise and press conference at the Farragut Salt Dome. The Snow Dry Run is a training exercise for the 800+ members of the DC Snow Team (DPW, DDOT, DGS, DHS, Serve DC, and other agencies) to prepare for every aspect of the city’s snow and ice operations. About 500 plow drivers will drive their routes, while administrative, supervisory, logistics and IT employees will practice their functions at their respective sites.
Residents, Business Owners Encouraged to Continue to Call 311 to Report Graffiti Vandalism.
The DC Department of Public Works will observe Memorial Day, Monday, May 28; therefore, sanitation services and parking enforcement will be suspended that day.
