Labor Day Holiday - Monday, September 2, 2019

Wednesday Aug 28th, 2019

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Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds citizens that Labor Day is a City holiday. DPW offices and yards will be CLOSED.  

Regular trash, recycling, and bulk collections are NOT scheduled for that day. Collections will remain on their regular schedule.

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 parking restrictions will NOT be in effect.    

Parking meters will NOT be in effect. 

SPECIAL NOTE: The last day for extended summer hours at the Solid Waste drop-off centers is Saturday, August 31. After Labor Day, the hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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