Holiday Trash, Snow

Two topics, two posts in one. Holiday trash pick up early or late, is that new?

TRASH

There will be no refuse, large item or recycling collection by the City Streets Division on Thursday, November 28 or Friday, November 29 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

If your material is normally collected on Thursday, it will instead be collected on Wednesday, November 27.

Streets Division drop-off sites will be closed on Thursday and Friday. They will reopen on Saturday, November 30.

Info from the website:

There will be no refuse, large item or recycling collection on Thursday November 28th and Friday November 29th because of the Thanksgiving holiday.

If your material is normally collected on Thursday, it will be collected on Wednesday November 27th. It your material is normally collected on Friday it will be collected on Monday December 2nd.

We will also be collecting material in the Tuesday area on the 3rd so make sure you have your material out by 7 a.m. to insure collection.

The Streets Division’s offices and self help drop off sites will be closed on September 2nd.

Refuse, Large Item & Recycling:
The Streets Division does not provide refuse, large item, or recycling collection on City holidays.

Those holidays are:

New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Memorial Day
Independence Day (July 4th)
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
The Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day

The self- help drop off sites will also be closed on holidays.

It is the policy of the Streets Division to provide refuse and recycling collection in those areas affected by the holiday on the next working day after the holiday.

For example, all residents of Monday’s trash collection districts will have their refuse and recycling collected the Tuesday after a Monday holiday (as listed above).

Exception: The two-day Thanksgiving Holiday.

Residents in the Thursday refuse district will have their material collected the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Residents in the Friday District will have their material collected on the following Monday.

For 2013 the residents of Thursday’s District will have their material collected on Wednesday, November 27th. Residents in Friday’s District will have their material collected on Monday, December 2nd.

Large Item Collection:
Large item collection is greatly curtailed during weeks with holidays. We ask that you hold your large items until the following collection if at all possible.

SNOW

The snow that started to fall on Monday, November 25, 2013, stopped prior to midnight. All snow and ice that accumulated from this event shall be removed the public sidewalks by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Ice that cannot be removed shall be treated with sand and/or salt to provide traction. Free sand can be found at the locations contained in the following link: http://www.cityofmadison.com/residents/winter/SnowIce/sand.cfm