Holiday Collection Schedule
2008 Holiday Schedule for Residential Solid Waste Collection
- January 1 - No trash collection. Trash collection delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
- January 21 - Normal trash collection on Monday and throughout the week.
- February 18 - Normal trash collection on Monday and throughout the week.
- May 26 - No trash collection. Trash collection delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
- July 4 - No trash collection. Trash collection delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
- September 1 - No trash collection. Trash collection delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
- November 11 - Normal trash collection on Monday and throughout the week.
- November 27 - No trash collection. Trash collection delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
- December 24 - Normal trash collection.
- December 25 - No trash collection. Trash collection delayed one day for the remainder of the week.
- December 31 - Normal trash collection.
Commercial and business container services are made up on the next couple of days following the actual holiday.
City of Edmond offices are closed on the following additional holidays, but Solid Waste Services will run on the normal collection schedule:
- Martin Luther King (January)
- President’s Day (February)
- Veterans Day (November)
- Day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve
Holiday Help for Overflowing Carts!
Americans throw away 25 percent more trash in the five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. That’s an extra 25 million tons of garbage!
If you expect your cart to overflow with wrapping paper, boxes and holiday leftovers, Solid Waste Services has a solution. Residential customers can set out City-Coded Bags along with the weekly cart collection during the week following Christmas.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Be sure to leave at least four (4) feet between the green carts and the blue City Coded Bags.
- The blue City Coded bags should be used for any overflow that won’t fit in your cart. (Please note: The cost of these bags covers the pickup and disposal fee so we can’t collect other bags or boxes. Thank you for your cooperation!)
- The holiday collection of your carts & blue City Coded Bags will be the week immediately following Christmas, Wednesday, December 26th through Sunday, December 30th.
- It is important to place your carts and City Coded Bags at your curbside by 7 a.m. on your normal collection day.
Tree Cycling!
Christmas trees can be recycled again this year by dropping them off at either Hafer Park or Mitch Park throughout the month of January. Trees are chipped and free cedar mulch is available for residents to pick up at Mitch Park beginning February 15th.
Drop off locations will be:
- Hafer Park - the upper level parking lot adjacent to Bryant
- Mitch Park – in the north parking lot adjacent to Marilyn Williams Drive (east of the pavilion and playground.)
The trees will be chipped, so please remove all tree stands, nails and ornaments.
Commercial accounts, Christmas tree lots and other businesses will need to dispose of their trees by dropping them off at one of the two drop-off locations.
If You Can’t Drop Off The Tree:
- Residential customers can schedule a special free collection during the week of January 7th. Call the tree-cycling hotline (405) 359-4701, between December 17th and January 6th to be placed on the schedule. Collection will be provided during the week starting Monday, January 7th and ending Friday, January 11th.
- Those who have called the hotline must place their tree at the curb before 7 a.m. Monday, January 7th to be included in this collection.
Your tree may not necessarily be picked up on your normal trash collection day so it must be at the curb at 7 a.m. throughout the collection week.
If You Miss the Special Collection:
- Cut your tree into smaller pieces and place it in your cart for regular collection.
- Schedule a monthly bulk collection for January by calling the hotline at (405) 359-4701 after January 7th. The bulk collection for trees is only $3 each.
- Take your tree to the Transfer Station located at I-35 & Covell Road for disposal. The charge for disposal of a Christmas tree is $1.50.
