Snow update for December 31, 2009

A happy New Year's Eve to you! Despite the overnight snowfall, we are running our normal Thursday recycling and trash collection schedule today.

If you have any questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please contact our Customer Service staff online or call 240-777-6410.

Note: if you (or your community) have a private contract for your trash collection, these schedule announcements may not apply to your trash service -- check with your hauler or community manager.

Friday, January 1, 2010 - New Year's Day - is a recycling and trash collection holiday. After the holiday, all County-provided recycling and trash collections will be one day later than normal.

If your normal collection day is:	Your collection day for the week of January 1, 2010, is:
Monday	Monday
Tuesday	Tuesday
Wednesday	Wednesday
Thursday	Thursday
Friday	Saturday

If you have any questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please contact our Customer Service staff online or call 240-777-6410.

If you (or your community) have a private contract for your trash collection, or if you live in a municipality, our schedule announcements may not apply to your trash service -- check with your hauler or community manager.

Shady Grove Solid Waste Transfer Station

• Thursday, December 31, 2009: Site and administrative offices close at 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, January 1, 2010: Site and administrative offices closed.
• Transfer Station location, hours and other details

Poolesville Beauty Spot

New Beauty Spot hours are in effect, beginning January 2, 2010: 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

• Saturday, January 2, 2010: open
• Sunday, January 3, 2010: open
• Beauty Spot location, hours and other details

No yard trim pickups this week

We have canceled yard trim collections for this week, December 21 to December 26, 2009. (Because of the Christmas Day holiday, normal Friday pickups will be made on Saturday.)

Have questions or concerns about your County-provided collection? Please contact our Customer Service staff online or call 240-777-6410.

Snow update for December 22, 2009

We will run our normal Tuesday recycling and trash collection schedule on December 22, 2009. However, trucks may be delayed, depending on road conditions. Yard trim collection is canceled.

Please have your items out at the curb for collection by 7 a.m. And, where there are snow banks and parked cars, please place your bins and cans so that crews can see them easily from the street.

If you have any questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please contact our Customer Service staff online or call 240-777-6410.

Note: if you (or your community) have a private contract for your trash collection, these schedule announcements may not apply to your trash service -- check with your hauler or community manager.

Snow update for December 21, 2009

We are on our normal recycling and trash collection schedule today. However, trucks may be delayed, depending on road conditions. Yard trim collection is canceled.

Please remember to have your items out at the curb for collection by 7 a.m. And, where there are snow banks and parked cars, please place your bins and cans so that crews can see them easily from the street.

If you have any questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please contact our Customer Service staff online or call 240-777-6410.

Note: if you (or your community) have a private contract for your trash collection, these schedule announcements may not apply to your trash service -- check with your hauler or community manager.

Snow update for December 19, 2009

Our Solid Waste Transfer Station is closed today and tomorrow, December 19 and 20, 2009, due to this weekend's snow. It will reopen on Monday morning, December 21, 2009.

Christmas Day Holiday 2009 - modified trash and recycling collection schedule

Friday, December 25, 2009 - Christmas Day - is a recycling and trash collection holiday. After the holiday, all County-provided recycling and trash collections will slide, and be one day later than normal.

If your normal collection day is:	Your collection day for the week of December 25, 2009, is:
Monday	Monday
Tuesday	Tuesday
Wednesday	Wednesday
Thursday	Thursday
Friday	Saturday

If you have any questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please contact our Customer Service staff online or call 240-777-6410.

Note: if you (or your community) have a private contract for your trash collection, or if you live in a municipality, our schedule announcements may not apply to your trash service -- check with your hauler or community manager.

Shady Grove Solid Waste Transfer Station

• Thursday, December 24, 2009: Site and administrative offices close at 5:00 p.m.
• Friday, December 25, 2009: Site and administrative offices closed.

Poolesville Beauty Spot

• Saturday, December 26, 2009: closed
• Sunday, December 27, 2009: closed

Look ahead at New Year's Day

Friday, January 1, 2010 - New Year's Day - is a recycling and trash collection holiday. After the holiday, all County-provided recycling and trash collections will slide, and be one day later than normal.

Poolesville Beauty Spot closed December 19 and 20, 2009

The Poolesville Beauty Spot will be closed on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend, December 19 and 20, 2009, due to the forecast snow.

During the course of the weekend, the Transfer Station may close as needed, up to several hours or more, to remove snow and ice.

Is yard trim collection year-round?

From our mailbag:

Does the County pick up yard waste year round or does it stop during the winter? We still have branches and sticks that we would like to put out with our recycle but want to know if the County will pick it up.

Thank you for your question, M. Yes, our curbside yard trim collection is a year-round service.

Please set your your branches and sticks out at the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day, bundled, bagged in paper yard trim bags, or put into a labeled, reusable container.

If you need yard trim decals for labeling containers, you may order them online, or by contacting our Call Center at 240-777-6410. There is no charge for the decals.

What happen to the branches we collect as yard trim? We grind them up into mulch, which we offer back to the public at our Mulch Preserves.