Dear Neighbors,
The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today how services
will be affected in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 1,
2008.
Trash and Recycling Collections: There will be no trash and recycling
collections. All Monday trash and recycling collections will "slide" to
the next day. 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 the day(s) of collection.
Parking Enforcement: DPW will suspend enforcement of parking meters,
residential parking, and rush hour lane restrictions. It also will
suspend towing of abandoned vehicles.
Ft. Totten: Ft. Totten Trash Transfer Station will be closed Monday.
It will reopen Tuesday for residents to bring bulk trash.
Other services that will be suspended for Labor Day include scheduled
street and alley cleaning, graffiti removal, and nuisance abatement.
Household Hazardous Waste/E-Cycling/
Shredding: The Benning Road
Trash
Transfer Station, at 3200 Benning Road, NE, and the Ft. Totten Trash
Transfer Station at 4900 Bates Road, NE, are open every Saturday from 8
am to 3 pm to receive residents' unwanted toxic items, such as
pesticides, batteries and motor oil. Electronics, including
televisions, computers and cell phones, will be accepted. Residents
also may bring up to five boxes of personal paper documents and credit
cards to be shredded for free.
To view DPW's trash and recycling holiday schedule for the remainder of
the year, visit http://www.dpw.dc.gov
<http://www.dpw.dc.gov/>
and
click on Holiday Schedule
<http://www.dpw.dc.gov/dpw/cwp/view,a,1200,q,637514,dpwNAV,|31204|.asp>
under the "Information" header or call the Mayor's Citywide Call Center
at 311 or 202.727.1000 if calling from outside the District.
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