Only a handful of holidays affect trash collection in nearly every area county, including Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Most counties also 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 is affected by the holidays to help you plan ahead for when to put all those leftovers to the curb.
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Duval County
In Duval County, garbage collection schedules are adjusted ONLY for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Thanksgiving: Customers with Thursday collection days will be serviced the following Saturday (11/30).
- Christmas: Customers with Wednesday collection days will be serviced the following Saturday (12/28).
- Visit the Residential Waste Collection Schedule lookup page and type in your address for the revised schedule.
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 are collected every day of the year, except for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. When these holidays fall on a regularly scheduled collection day, pick up days will be determined in advance and residents will be notified by the Deputy City Manager.
Residents are encouraged to check the city website for the schedule.
Questions? Email info@coab.us or visit www.coab.us/solidwaste.
St. Johns County
Garbage and recycling will not be collected on Thursday, Nov. 28, or Wednesday, Dec. 25, and the Tillman Ridge and Stratton Road solid waste scale houses will be closed.
Beginning Nov. 28, collections will be delayed one day with all routes being completed by Saturday, Nov. 30.
Scale houses will resume standard operating hours on Friday, Nov. 29.
For Christmas, collections will be delayed one day beginning Dec. 26 with all routes being completed by Saturday, Dec. 28.
Scale houses will resume standard operating hours on Thursday, December 26.
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the St. Johns County Solid Waste Division offices will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29. Standard business hours will resume on Monday, Dec. 2. For Christmas, the St. Johns County Solid Waste Division offices will be closed on Tuesday, Dec. 24, and Wednesday, Dec. 25. Standard business hours will resume on Thursday, Dec. 26.
For more information, click here.
St. Augustine
Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no solid waste service on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, and no residential recycling service on Friday, November 29.
The week of Thanksgiving, the Solid Waste schedule is as follows:
- Thursday, Nov. 28 – No Solid Waste collections
- Friday, Nov. 29 – No residential recycling
In the interim, residents may divert recyclables by using our free drop- off recycling locations, listed below:
- Downtown Lincolnville, 501 Riberia Street - at the end of Riberia by the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Solid Waste facility
- Anastasia Island, 143 Red Cox Dr. - behind RB Hunt Elementary School, just past the skate park & soccer field, on the right
- North City, 323 San Marco Ave. – the North end of San Marco before it merges with US1, on the right side before the Las Palmas condos
- West City - 30 Pellicer Lane - inside the chain-link fence on the south side of the Dr. Sue A. Middleton Archaeology Center building
- City of St. Augustine Beach - 2200 A1A South - at the south end of St. Augustine Beach City Hall parking lot by the American flag
Clay County
For Thanksgiving, those with regular pick-up on Thursday will have their pick-up delayed one day until Friday.
The Rosemary Hill Solid Waste Management Facility and all Environmental Convenience Centers will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28. On Friday, Nov. 29, the scale house and Environmental Convenience Centers will be open during regular hours.
Green Cove Springs
Thanksgiving: No pick-up on Thursday and Friday. All services will be picked up on their next scheduled day.
Christmas: No pick-up on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, and Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. All services will be picked up on their next scheduled day.
New Year’s Day 2025: No pick-up on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. All Services will be picked up on their next scheduled day.
For more Green Cove Springs information, click here.
Orange Park
No pick-up holidays include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. When your collection day falls on/or after a holiday, your collection service will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.
Nassau County
Meridian Waste will not provide pick-up on Thanksgiving Day. Those with pick-ups on Thursday will be serviced on Friday and those with pick-ups on Friday will be serviced on Saturday.
Fernandina Beach
There will be no pickup service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.
If a holiday falls on a weekday, collections for the rest of the week will be pushed back a day. For a Thursday holiday, service would be on Friday, and Friday service would be Saturday. For holidays on Saturday or Sunday, there are no delays.
For more information, click here.
Flagler County
Waste Pro is shifting pickups for the unincorporated areas of Flagler County for those scheduled on holiday dates to the following Saturday.
Here are the scheduled date changes:
- Thanksgiving, Nov. 28 (Trash and Recycle) moved to Saturday, Nov. 30
- Christmas Day, Dec. 25 (Yard Waste and recycle) moved to Saturday, Dec. 28
- New Year’s Day Jan. 1, 2025 (Yard Waste and recycle) moved to Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
Palm Coast
The city of Palm Coast contracts with FCC Environmental for garbage collection, recycling, yard waste and bulk trash.
There will be no pick-up on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. All services will receive double pick-up on the following service day.
For Thanksgiving Day, recycling pick-up is moved to Saturday, Nov. 30.
For Christmas Day, there will be no yard waste services, and recycling will be moved to Saturday, Dec. 28.
Services will provided as normal on the Friday after Thanksgiving and on Christmas Eve.
For New Year’s Day 2025, there will be no yard wast services, and recycling will be moved to Saturday, Jan. 4.
For more information, click here.
Bunnell
Thanksgiving: No pick up on Thursday, Nov. 28, city residential garbage and Thursday commercial garbage will be picked up on Friday, Nov. 29. No bulk pick-up this week.
Christmas: Tuesday, Dec. 24, Residential and commercial cardboard will be picked up as normal. No service on Wednesday, Dec. 25. Wednesday commercial will be picked up on Thursday, Dec. 26. There will be no residential recycle pick-up this week.
New Year’s Day: No service Wednesday for residential recycle or commercial dumpsters. Wednesday commercial dumpster service will be picked up on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. There will be no residential recycle pick-up this week.
Flagler Beach
Recycling will be picked up on schedule on Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving.
There will be no collection on Thanksgiving Day.
Garbage will be collected city-wide on Friday, including those who normally have Thursday pick-ups.
For more information, 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, and 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 more information, click here.
Baker County
The county is serviced by Waste Management.
There will be no pickup service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or 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 Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and 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 Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or 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 on these days will be made up with collection falling one day later. Example: Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day, will be collected on Friday, Nov. 29. Friday’s collection will be 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 Thanksgiving, Christmas and 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
There will be a one-day delay in collection services for the remainder of the week for the following upcoming scheduled holidays:
- Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024
- Christmas Day - Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024
- New Years Day - Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
If your collection day occurs on or after one of the scheduled holidays listed above, your collection will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week following that holiday. (For example, on a week with a Monday scheduled holiday, Tuesday’s collections will occur on Wednesday, Wednesday’s collections on Thursday, and Thursday’s collections on Friday.)
If a holiday is NOT listed as a scheduled holiday, services will occur as scheduled on your normal collection day.
Brantley County
The county is serviced by Republic Services.
There will be no collection on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day.
Service will run one day late, so Thursday customers will be collected on Friday, and so on for the week of Thanksgiving.
For specifics on your service area, enter your address in the search at https://www.republicservices.com/schedule.
Camden County
There will be no pickup on the following holidays:
- Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day
- Wednesday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day
- Wednesday, Jan. 1, New Years Day
If your regularly scheduled services fall on Thanksgiving, Christmas or 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 Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day or 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 Thanksgiving week, those normally with Thursday pick-up days will be picked up on Friday, Nov. 29, and those normally with Friday pick-up days will be picked up on Saturday, Nov. 30.
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
There will be no collection on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Day.
Service will run one day late, so Thursday customers will be collected on Friday, and so on for the week of Thanksgiving.
For more information, click here.