Christmas Day and New Year's Day Holidays

Wednesday Dec 19th, 2018

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Christmas Day and New Year's Day are City holidays; the Baltimore City Department of Public Works’ (DPW) offices and yards will be closed on Tuesday, December 25, and Tuesday, January 1. DPW offices and facilities are open on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and trash and recycling collections will occur as scheduled on those days.

Saturday, December 29, 2018, and Saturday, January 5, 2019, will be the makeup collection days for trash and recycling in those areas that are regularly scheduled for collection on Tuesday.

Christmas Day and New Year's Day:

Trash and recycling will NOT be collected.

NO bulk trash collections are scheduled.

Citizen drop-off centers WILL BE CLOSED (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, and street sweeping signs will NOT be in effect.

Parking meters will NOT be in effect.

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