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The City of Portland will be offering curbside pick up of Christmas trees beginning on Dec. 26th and ending on January 30th.   (12/15/2008)
The City of Portland will be offering curbside pick up of Christmas trees beginning on Friday, December 26th and ending on Friday, Jan. 30th. Residents should put their trees at the curb on their regular trash day to ensure collection. More

No Trash/Recycling Collection on Christmas, Thursday, December 25 or New Year's Day, Thursday, January 1  (12/3/2008)
Public Services Trash and Recycling crews will not be collecting trash or recycling in the City of Portland on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2008 or on New Year's Day Thursday, January 1, 2009. More

Want to Receive Important Construction Announcements from the City of Portland?  (2/27/2008)
Interested in finding out about major construction projects in the City of Portland before you find yourself in a long line of traffic? E-mail us to be added to the subscriber list More

Find Your Trash and Recycling Day  (2/23/2007)
Have a question on when your trash or recycling is picked up? More

holiday trash collection schedule

Please refer to the list below to find out when your trash will be picked up if your normal collection day falls on a City holiday.

If your trash and recycling
would normally be collected on:		 It will be collected on:
New Year's Day, Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Saturday, December 29, 2007
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 21, 2008 Saturday, January 19, 2008
President's Day, Monday, February 18, 2008 Saturday, February 16, 2008
Patriots Day, Monday, April 21, 2008 Saturday, April 19, 2008
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2008 Saturday, May 24, 2008
Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 2008 Saturday, July 5, 2008
Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2008 Saturday, August 30, 2008
Columbus Day, Monday, October 13, 2008 Saturday, October 11, 2008
Veteran's Day Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Saturday, November 8, 2008
Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27, 2008 No Collection
Day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 28, 2008 No Collection
Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2008 Saturday, December 27, 2008

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