The Department of Public Works (DPW) will be closed on Monday, January 18, to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Most DPW services will be suspended, including DPW trash and recycling collections. DPW also will not enforce parking meters or other parking regulations.
Trash and recycling collections will slide one day citywide for the rest of the week. For example, Monday trash and recycling collections will be made on Tuesday and Tuesday’s collections will be made on Wednesday. In neighborhoods with twice-weekly trash collections, Monday and Thursday collections will be made Tuesday and Friday and Tuesday and Friday collections will slide to Wednesday and Saturday. 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.
Residents can still dispose of their holidays trees by placing them with the regular trash. Trees will be collected as truck space permits.
Ft. Totten transfer station will be closed to residential customers on Monday. It will reopen Tuesday for residents to bring their trash and bulk items. Holiday trees can be brought to Ft. Totten (1 pm to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to 3 pm Saturdays) for free tree chipping until Saturday, January 30. All DPW services will resume on Tuesday, January 19.
To view DPW’s 2010 trash and recycling holiday schedule, view DPW Highlights and select View the 2010 Holiday Slide Guide.
Media Contacts
- Linda Grant
- (202) 497-1080
- Nancee Lyons
- (202) 671-2637