Park View, D.C.

DPW will collect both trash and recycling from the curb this week rather than from alleys. The full announcement is below:

The DC Department of Public Works announced … that recycling collections will be resumed starting Monday, February 22. Residents are asked to use their recycling containers – blue carts and/or bins – and put the containers next to their trash containers (or dark plastic bags) at the curb. DPW also will resume its Household Hazardous Waste/E-Cycling/Document Shredding services, Saturday, February 20, 8 am to 3 pm, at Ft. Totten Transfer Station, 4900 John F. McCormack Road, NE.

DPW suspended recycling collections for two weeks due to the snow; therefore, many households have more recyclables than will fit in the containers. These overflow recyclables may be put in brown paper bags or cardboard boxes and placed next to the carts or bins.

Both trash and recycling collections will follow their normal schedule next week. Residents are asked to put their containers out between 6:30 pm the day before their collection and 6 am of their collection day.

Snow in District alleys is beginning to melt. However, not enough melting has occurred nor are temperatures forecasted to be sufficiently high to promote substantial melting to create certainty that DPW collections crews safely can collect trash and recyclables from alleys next week.

DPW issued the following release on area listservs today alerting all that trash and recycling will be picked up as normal this week, with the exception of Friday, which will move to a Saturday collection schedule.

With the snow and Christmas last week, service was hit and miss at best. There are also instructions for Christmas tree collection.

TRASH/RECYCLING COLLECTIONS RETURN TO NORMAL SCHEDULE

MON. THRU THURS., FRI.’S COLLECTIONS SLIDE TO SATURDAY

DPW to Observe New Year’s Day, Fri., Jan. 1

See Your Holiday Tree Chipped Starting Mon., Dec. 28

(Washington, DC) The DC Department of Public Works announced today that it will follow its normal trash and recycling collection schedule this week, except for Friday, January 1, when, in observance of New Year’s Day, Friday’s collections will slide to Saturday, January 2. This year, DPW will give residents the option of bringing their holiday trees to the Ft. Totten Trash Transfer Station, starting December 28 or they may put their holiday trees out for collection between January 1 and January 10. (more…)

The Department of Public Works’ Website posted its schedule for providing services over the next couple of holidays. With both Christmas and New Year’s Day falling on Friday this year, it will definitely disrupt normal trash pickup. The full announcement is below:

Winter Holiday Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule Announced

The Department of Public Works (DPW) announces the following holiday schedule for services through January 2010:

Christmas Day: Friday, December 25, 2009
DPW will be closed and most services will be suspended, including DPW trash, recycling and leaf collections. Parking enforcement also will be suspended, including rush hour and residential zone violations. All services will resume Monday, December 28, 2009.  All Friday trash and recycling collections will slide to Saturday, December 26. Trash and recycling containers should be put out for collection no earlier than 6:30 pm the night before collection and removed from public space by 8 pm on collection day. Leaf collection service also will resume on Saturday, December 26.

Ft. Totten Transfer Station, 4900 John F. McCormack Road, NE
The Ft. Totten Transfer Station will be open Saturday, January 2, 2010, from 8 am to 3 pm, to receive all household hazardous waste (HHW), electronic waste and personal documents for shredding. This is an ideal time to recycle those old TVs, computers and other electronic gadgets and toys to make space for new gifts. The transfer station will not be open to the public Saturday, December 26. 
 
New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1, 2010
On New Year’s Day, DPW will be closed and most services will be suspended, including DPW trash, recycling and leaf collections, and parking enforcement, including rush hour and residential zone violations. All services will resume Monday, January 4, 2010. All Friday trash and recycling collections will slide to Saturday, January 2. Any remaining leaf collections also will resume on Saturday. (more…)

DPW has just issued the following announcement on the Georgia Avenue listserv. If you are in the habit of putting your trash out in the mornings, you may want to consider doing it tonight.

The DC Department of Public Works trash and recycling crews will begin residential collections one hour earlier, at 6 am, Tuesday, August, 11, due to a forecast of high temperatures.

Residents may put their trash and recyclables out for pick-up starting at 6 pm this evening so they do not have to change their morning schedules to make sure these materials are collected.

Throughout the summer, when the temperature is predicted to be 90˚ or higher or the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments announces unhealthy air quality (Code Orange or Code Red days), DPW collection crews will begin their work at 6 am to avoid health or environmental issues.