New Year's Day Holiday: DPW Offices, Yards Closed on Jan. 1

Monday Dec 31st, 2018

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New Year's Day Holiday:  DPW Offices, Yards Closed on January 1, 2019
Recycling/Trash Makeup Day is Saturday, January 5, 2019

New Year's Day is a City holiday; the Baltimore City Department of Public Works’ (DPW) offices and yards will be closed on Tuesday, January 1. DPW offices and facilities are open New Year's Eve, and trash and recycling collections will occur as scheduled on December 31.

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

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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