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When will garbage be collected the first week of 2024?

County-by-county breakdown of trash pickup changes for the holidays

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Most counties do not have garbage pickup on New Year’s Day, but Duval County does. What the delay means for when your garbage will be picked up varies by county.

We’ve compiled a county-by-county breakdown of how trash service will work the first week of 2024 following the New Year’s Day holiday.

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Duval County

In Duval County, garbage collection schedules are adjusted ONLY for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Solid waste collections for New Year’s Day will run on a normal schedule.

To request collection service or report a problem with collection, call 904-630-CITY (2489) or visit https://myjax.custhelp.com/.

Atlantic Beach

Garbage, recycling and yard waste will follow normal schedules the first week of January.

Question? Email info@coab.us or visit www.coab.us/solidwaste.

St. Johns County

Garbage and recycling will not be collected on Monday, Jan. 1, and the Tillman Ridge and Stratton Road solid waste scale houses will be closed.

Collections will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 2, through Saturday, Jan. 6, and be delayed by a day.

The solid waste scale houses will resume standard business hours on Tuesday, Jan. 2.

Two service providers collect solid waste in St. Johns County: Waste Management (southern half of county) and Republic Services (northern half of county).

RELATED: St. Johns County to change trash service providers to FCC Environmental; first change in providers in 20 years

Here is their holiday schedule information:

Waste Management

There will be no service on New Year’s Day.

Waste collection will be delayed by one day the rest of the week, following the holiday. For example, if a holiday is on Tuesday and your service day is Wednesday, you will be collected on Thursday. Friday collection will be serviced on Saturday.

For more information, click here.

Republic Services

There will be no collection on New Year’s Day.

Service will run one day late, so Monday customers will be collected on Tuesday, and so on for the week of New Year’s Day. Please place your cans out by 6 a.m. for pickup.

For specifics on your service area, enter your address in the search at https://www.republicservices.com/schedule.

St. Augustine

City of St. Augustine offices will be closed on Jan. 1, 2024, in observance of the New Year’s holiday.

Residential yard waste collection will be suspended on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, to allow for Solid Waste workers to be given the New Year’s holiday off from work.

Please note that during these holidays limited solid waste services will still be completed, such as litter pick up and commercial garbage and recycling collections.

The week of Jan. 8, 2024, all residential and commercial services will resume to normal scheduled collections.

The week of New Year’s the Solid Waste schedule is as follows:

  • Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 – no residential garbage. Altered commercial garbage and recycling routes.
  • Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 – Monday garbage route. Altered commercial garbage and recycling routes.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024 – No brush collections. Tuesday garbage route. Altered commercial garbage and recycling routes.
  • Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024 – Normal residential recycling, and Commercial garbage & recycling
  • Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 – Normal residential recycling, and Commercial garbage & recycling

Clay County

Environmental Services and the Rosemary Hill SWMF will be closed on Jan. 1, and the Environmental Services Administration Building will be closed on Jan. 1.

Curbside collection services will be affected on Jan. 1, and the collection schedules will be delayed by a day for the week. For instance, if your collection is scheduled for Monday, it will be done on Tuesday, Tuesday on Wednesday, and so forth until Saturday.

Waste Management

There will be no pickup service on New Year’s Day.

Waste collection will be delayed by one day the rest of the week, following the holiday. For example, if a holiday is on Tuesday and your service day is Wednesday, you will be collected on Thursday. Friday collection will be serviced on Saturday.

For more information, click here.

Green Cove Springs

New Year’s Day: No pick up on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. All services will be picked up on their next scheduled day.

For more Green Cove Springs information, click here.

Orange Park

Service will run on normal schedules the first week of January.

Nassau County

There will be no pickup on New Year’s Day.

If the holiday occurs on or prior to your scheduled collection day, services will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week.

Fernandina Beach

There will be no pickup service on New Year’s Day.

Waste collection will be delayed by one day the rest of the week, following the holiday. For example, if a holiday is on Tuesday and your service day is Wednesday, you will be collected on Thursday. Friday collection will be serviced on Saturday.

For more information, click here.

Flagler County

The city of Palm Coast contracts with FCC Environmental for garbage collection, recycling, yard waste and bulk trash.

Recycling will occur on Monday, Jan. 1, but trash will not be collected. Trash services will perform a double pick-up on the following service day.

For more information, click here.

Flagler Beach

There will be no collection on New Year’s Day.

Service will run one day late, so Monday customers will be collected on Tuesday, and so on for the week of New Year’s Day. Please place your cans out by 6 a.m. for pickup.

For specifics on your service area, enter your address in the search at https://www.republicservices.com/schedule.

Putnam County

New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas are county and Waste Pro holidays.

If your pick-up day falls on one of these days, your service will be on a one-day delay.

All other pick-ups that week will fall back one day. (Example: Thursday will be moved to Friday and Friday will be moved to Saturday.)

For the week of New Year’s Day, collection will be delayed one day for all customers.

Waste Pro’s office will be closed Monday, Jan. 1.

For more information, click here.

Baker County

The county is serviced by Waste Management.

There will be no pickup service on New Year’s Day.

Waste collection will be delayed by one day the rest of the week, following the holiday. For example, if a holiday is on Tuesday and your service day is Wednesday, you will be collected on Thursday. Friday collection will be serviced on Saturday.

For more information, click here.

Bradford County

Bradford County does not provide curbside pickup, but the county’s solid waste collection sites are closed on county holidays, including New Year’s Day.

If a holiday falls on a Saturday, the county observes it on Friday and is closed on Friday and Saturday. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the county observes it on Monday and is closed Sunday and Monday. More info

Starke

GFL is the solid waste collector for the city of Starke.

There will be no pick-up service on New Year’s Day.

If a holiday falls on your service day, your trash will be collected the following day. Routes will be delayed by one day the rest of the week after a holiday.

For example, if your normal collection day is Tuesday and a holiday is on Tuesday, you will be serviced on Wednesday. If a holiday is on Tuesday and your service day is Wednesday, you will be collected on Thursday. Friday collection will be serviced on Saturday.

For more information, click here.

Columbia County

Columbia County administers the contract for curbside collection through Waste Pro, which provides for once-a-week pickup for household garbage and yard waste.

New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas are Waste Pro holidays.

Garbage collection will run a day behind all week following the holiday with Friday’s route being picked up on Saturday.

Any additional questions concerning collection should be directed to 386-758-7800. For more information, click here.

The Winfield Solid Waste Facility will be closed on New Year’s Day.

Union County

GFL collects garbage in Lake Butler.

GFL observes the following holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.

If your normal pick-up day falls on one of those holidays, your trash will be serviced the following day. Routes will be delayed by one day the rest of the week after a holiday. For more on your holiday schedule, click here.

New River Solid Waste Association also provides waste collection services to Lake Butler and throughout Union County. To find out more about its services, call 386-431-1000.

For more on the solid waste collection site schedules in the county, click here.

Alachua County

Only six holidays affect collection service:

  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas
  • New Year's Day
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (observed)
  • Memorial Day
  • Fourth of July

​Waste will not be collected on these holidays, and all scheduled pick-ups will be delayed by one (business) day that week. Collection will return to normal the following week.

For more information, click here.

Gainesville

Residential curbside collection for garbage, recycling and yard trash will not be picked up on Jan. 1 and will be delayed by one day for the rest of the week.

Camden County

There will be no pickup on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 (New Year’s Day).

If your regularly scheduled services fall on New Year’s Day, your service will occur on the following day. Service will continue to be a day behind for the rest of the week.

For more information, click here.

Charlton County

The county is serviced by Waste Management.

There will be no pickup service on New Year’s Day.

Waste collection will be delayed by one day the rest of the week, following the holiday. For example, if a holiday is on Tuesday and your service day is Wednesday, you will be collected on Thursday. Friday collection will be serviced on Saturday.

For more information, click here.

Folkston

The Chesser Island Landfill in Folkston is only closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

For more information, click here.

Glynn County

If your normal collection day falls on or after a holiday, your garbage collection will be one day later for the duration of that week. This includes yard debris and recycling services.

So for New Year’s week, those normally with Monday pick-up days will be picked up on Tuesday and so on for the rest of the week.

Contact Customer Service at 912-554-7111 if you have any questions about your holiday schedule or to report a missed pick up of household garbage, recycling, or yard debris.

Holidays include:

  • New Year’s Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day

For more information, click here.

Ware County

The county is serviced by Republic Services.

There will be no collection on New Year’s Day.

Service will run one day late, so Monday customers will be collected on Tuesday, and so on for the week of New Year’s Day.

For specifics on your service area, enter your address in the search at https://www.republicservices.com/schedule.

Brantley County

The county is serviced by Republic Services.

There will be no collection on New Year’s Day.

Service will run one day late, so Monday customers will be collected on Tuesday, and so on for the week of New Year’s Day.

For specifics on your service area, enter your address in the search at https://www.republicservices.com/schedule.


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A Jacksonville native and proud University of North Florida alum, Francine Frazier has been with News4Jax since 2014 after spending nine years at The Florida Times-Union.

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