DPW Offices, Yards Closed for the July Fourth Holiday

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The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will be closed Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4.

Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED on Tuesday, July 4. The make-up day for trash and recycling will be Saturday, July 8.

Additional closures include:

  • Citizen drop-off centers WILL BE CLOSED on July 4 (all yards, including Quarantine Road Landfill, the Northwest Transfer Station, and the Eastern, Western and Northwest Collections Facilities).
  • Mechanical street sweeping WILL NOT TAKE PLACE on July 4.  
  • Parking meters WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT on July 4.

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