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Thursday, December 25, 2013 - 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 collection day is | Your collection day this week is |
| Monday | Monday, December 23, 2013 (no change) |
| Tuesday | Tuesday, December 24, 2013 (no change) |
| Wednesday | Thursday, December 26, 2013 |
| Thursday | Friday, December 27, 2013 |
| Friday | Saturday, December 28, 2013 |
If you have questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please call the Montgomery County Customer Service Center (MC311) at 311 (out-of-County: 240-777-0311, TTY: 301-251-4850).
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.
To add our recycling/trash collection schedule changes directly to your electronic calendar,
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Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station
Transfer Station location, hours and other details
- December 24, 2013: Public drop-off areas close at 5:00 p.m.
- December 25, 2013: Entire facility closed.
Poolesville Beauty Spot
Beauty Spot location, hours and other details
- Saturday, December 28, 2013: Open with normal hours.
- Sunday, December 29, 2013: Open with normal hours.
A look ahead to the New Year's Day 2014 schedule
If your collection day is | Your collection day this week is |
| Monday | Monday, December 30, 2013 (no change) |
| Tuesday | Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (no change) |
| Wednesday | Thursday, January 2, 2014 |
| Thursday | Friday, January 3, 2014 |
| Friday | Saturday, January 4, 2014 |
Christmas tree recycling and holiday recycling tips
We collect Christmas trees for recycling on your recycling day. Remember to remove all decorations.
Details about how to prepare your Christmas tree for pick up.
Local holiday light recycling locations accept light strings through January 2014.
Have family or guests wondering whether something is recyclable? Keep our
How do I recycle/dispose… information handy on a mobile device.
| This holiday material | May be disposed/recycled in this way |
| Bakery trays and cake domes, deli containers and trays, fruit and vegetable containers and baskets | Put into your blue recycling bin. |
| Cardboard boxes | Add to your paper recycling. May be unflattened - but, consider flattening and folding so that you don't advertise your new items to prospective thieves. |
| Cartons for juice, eggnog, milk, soymilk, soup | Rinse, flatten, and add to your paper recycling. |
| Clementine fruit boxes | Put into the trash. |
| Cookie / popcorn / cake tins | Share for reuse, or put into your blue recycling bin. |
| Electronics | Bring to our electronics recycling drop-off at the Transfer Station. |
| Gift wrap | If paper, remove ribbons and bows, and add to your paper recycling. Tape does not need to be removed.
If foil-coated, put into the trash. |
| Plastic toys (no batteries, wood or wires) | New this year! Bring to the bulky rigid plastics drop-off at the Transfer Station - not accepted in curbside blue bins. |
