DPW provides the following sanitation services:
Trash Collection
- Residential Trash Collection, includes Trash Container Repair and Purchase, Holiday Collection
- Bulk Trash Collection
- Yard Waste Collection
- Dead Animal Collection
- Eviction Reporting
Recycling Collection
- Residential Recycling, includes What to Recycle, Recycling Collection Schedule, and Recycling Container Repair and Purchase
- Commercial Recycling
- Public Space Recycling
- Recycling Resources for Kids and Teachers
Household Hazardous Waste & E-cycling-Document Shredding
- What to E-cycle
- HHW and E-cyclying Collection Schedule
- Fort Totten Transfer Station (rules of use in English and Spanish)
Zero Waste DC Website
- What to Recycle
- Food Waste Drop-off
- Food Waste Drop-off Locations
- Learn How To Recycle
- Community Composting
- Laws and Regulations
Leaf and Holiday Tree Collection
- Leaf Collection in Your Neighborhood
- Leaf Collection Brochure
Graffiti Removal
- Graffiti Removal Request and Waivers
- Graffiti Removal Paint Voucher Request
Street and Alley Cleaning and Litter Can Collection
- Scheduled Residential and Commercial Street Sweeping
- Street Cleaning
- Vacant Lot Cleanup - Grass and Weed Mowing
- Alley Cleaning
- Litter Can Collection and Installation
Snow Removal and snow.dc.gov
- Routine and emergency snow removal
- District Snow Team
Sanitation Enforcement
- Illegal Dumping Investigation
- Illegal Posters
Litter and Graffiti Prevention
- Murals DC
- Not in Our DC
- Litter Free DC
Solid Waste Education and Enforcement (SWEEP)
- Illegal Dumping Investigation
- Illegal Posters
Helping Hand Neighborhood Cleanup
- Tool kit loans
- Free compost