DPW Offices, Sanitation Yards Closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day City of Baltimore to Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 20.

Saturday Jan 18th, 2025

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The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW)  Director Khalil Zaied reminds residents that all DPW offices and sanitation yards will be CLOSED on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 20, 2025. 

The Martin Luther King Jr. closure does NOT impact residential trash and recycling collections. 

The following DPW Residential Recycling Centers and sanitation yards will be CLOSED to residents and haulers:

  • Northwest Transfer Station, 5030 Reisterstown Road
  • Quarantine Road Landfill, 6100 Quarantine Road
  • Northwest Residential Recycle Center, 2840 Sisson Street
  • Southwestern Residential Recycle Center, 701 Reedbird Avenue
  • Eastern Residential Recycle Center, 6101 Bowleys Lane

Mechanical street sweeping WILL NOT be in effect.

DPW offers free Christmas tree mulching services to Baltimore City residents now through Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Residents must bring their trees to the Sisson Street Residential Recycling Center from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 

Before mulching, please remove all ornaments, tinsel, and other decorations from your tree. Residents should bring bags or containers to collect mulch for their use.

Instead of mulching, residents can place trees out with their weekly trash collections until Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. The trees must be placed at the exact location where your trash is collected. Before placing Christmas trees out for collection, please remove all ornaments, tinsel, and other decorations.

There will be no Christmas tree mulching or collection on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

The City's 311 call center is OPEN on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and all other City-observed holidays. Service requests are accepted from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, 365 days a year.

DPW reminds residents and water customers to report water and sewer emergencies to the City’s 311 call center. To report an emergency, such as a water main break, Baltimore City residents can dial 311, and Baltimore County residents can call (443) 263-2220. Requests can also be submitted online or through the Balt311 mobile app, available on Google Play for Android users or the Apple App Store for iOS users.

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