The Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today how services will be affected in observance of Columbus Day on Monday, October 13, 2008.
Trash and Recycling Collections: There will be no trash and recycling collections. All Monday trash and recycling collections will “slide” to the next day. Trash and recycling containers should be put out for collection no earlier than 6:30 pm the night before collection and removed from public space by 8 pm on the day(s) of collection.
Trash and recycling collections in once-a-week collection neighborhoods will “slide” to the next day. For example, Monday’s collections will be made on Tuesday, Tuesday’s collections will be made on Wednesday, and so on. In neighborhoods with twice-weekly trash collections, Monday and Thursday collections will be made Tuesday and Friday, and Tuesday and Friday collections will be made Wednesday and Saturday.
Parking Enforcement: DPW will suspend enforcement of parking meters, residential parking, and rush hour lane restrictions. It also will suspend towing of abandoned vehicles.
Ft. Totten: Ft. Totten Trash Transfer Station, located at 4900 Bates Road, NE (open weekdays 1pm to 5pm and Saturdays from 8am to 3pm), will be closed Monday. It will reopen Tuesday for residents to bring bulk trash.
Other services suspended for Columbus Day include scheduled street and alley cleaning, graffiti removal, and nuisance abatement.
Household Hazardous Waste/E-Cycling/Shredding: The Benning Road Trash Transfer Station, at 3200 Benning Road, NE, and the Ft. Totten Trash Transfer Station are open every Saturday from 8 am to 3 pm to receive residents’ unwanted toxic items, such as pesticides, batteries and motor oil. Electronics, including televisions, computers and cell phones, will be accepted. Residents also may bring up to five boxes of personal paper documents and credit cards to be shredded for free.
To view DPW’s trash and recycling holiday schedule for the remainder of the year, visit www.dpw.dc.gov and click on Holiday Schedule under the “Information” header or call the Mayor’s Citywide Call Center at 311 or 202.727.1000 if calling from outside the District.