(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today that in observance of Presidents’ Day, Monday, February 18, no trash, recycling, or bulk materials will be collected from District residences.

DPW offices will be closed and most DPW services will be suspended, including trash and recycling collections, street and alley cleaning, and parking enforcement (meters, residential and rush hour lane restrictions, and booting, towing or abandoned vehicle removal).

All services will resume Tuesday, February 19.  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.

Please visit http://www.dpw.dc.gov/ and under "Information" click “Holiday Schedule” to see the 2008 DPW Slide Guide to Holiday Trash and Recycling Collections in English and Spanish.