For Immediate Release:
January 15, 2008

Media Contact:
Yvette Colbourne
yfc@miamidade.gov
305-514-6716



No Curbside Garbage and Trash Collection Services on Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday


(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- 
The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is one of three holidays observed each year by Miami-Dade County Department of Solid Waste Management employees.  As such, there will be no curbside garbage and trash collection services on Monday, January 21, 2008, for residents of unincorporated Miami-Dade County and the municipalities of Aventura, Cutler Bay, Doral, Miami Gardens, Miami Lakes, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Sunny Isles Beach and Sweetwater.

All Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Centers will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2008, and will reopen on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.

Curbside Recycling Collection will be provided on Monday, January 21, 2008. 

Customers are reminded of the following:

  • Customers who normally receive Monday garbage collection should not place their waste at the curbside on Monday, January 21, 2008. Monday customers may place their waste at the curbside on Thursday, January 24, 2008 (their regular garbage collection day).
  • Because of the heavy volume of waste anticipated to be placed at the curbside after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, garbage service may be later in the day than many customers are accustomed to on Thursday, January 24, 2008 and Friday, January 25, 2008, or the garbage may be collected the following day.
  • If Thursday collections are not completed, we will continue collection on Friday, January 25, 2008.

For additional information on the Department of Solid Waste Management services, please visit our web site at www.miamidade.gov/dswm or please call Miami-Dade County’s Information Center at 3-1-1.


 


 

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