DC’s Annual Truck Touch Returns! Free family festival features city vehicles and activities for children of all ages! Witness the thrilling spectacle of students zooming around a dynamic racetrack in their very own custom-built cars, showcasing their mastery of energy efficiency and electric vehicle knowledge!

Don't miss trash day! DPW's trash and recycling collection schedule will be sliding to the next day for the rest of the week due to the holiday. Click here for more information.

DPW Starts Street Sweeping on March 1. Click here to get more information about; street sweeping, alley cleaning, yard waste collection, mowing, graffiti removal, and helping hands neighborhood clean up starting later this spring.

Participate in the #HelpingHandProgram and get a tool kit with rakes, brooms, shovels, and trash bags for your clean-up project! Click here to apply now!

Beginning April 6, 2022, residential operations including bulk, trash, and recycling drop-off will take place at the Benning Road Transfer Station. The Fort Totten transfer station will be closed for drop-offs until June 6 2023.  Operations will be moved to the Benning Road Transfer station located at 3200 Benning Road, NE starting April 6, 10 am – 2 pm, Wednesday – Friday.

Residents can still contact 311 to schedule a bulk pick up.

Public litter can are receptacles that are intended for small litter like non-recyclable food wrappers and other trash acquired while in transit in the District.   

Public litter cans are not for household trash.   

Violators may be subject to fines.