Christmas and New Year’s Holidays

Friday Dec 13th, 2019

Green banner with DPW logo and text "Department of Public Works Press Release"

Baltimore City Department of Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., reminds citizens that Christmas and New Year’s Day are City holidays.  DPW offices and yards will be closed on Wednesday, December 25, 2019 and Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Trash and recycling collections will occur as scheduled on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

Saturday, December 28, 2019 and Saturday, January 4, 2020 will be the makeup collection days for trash and recycling in those areas that are regularly scheduled for collection on Wednesday.

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 parking restrictions will NOT be in effect.     

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