Only a handful of holidays affect trash collection in nearly every area county, including Christmas Day. Most counties also do not have garbage pickup on New Year’s Day, but Duval County does. How the delay affects pickup varies by county. Since Christmas Day falls on a Saturday this year, only those with Saturday pickup in their county will be affected.
We compiled a county-by-county breakdown of how trash service is affected by the holidays.
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Duval County
In Duval County, garbage collection schedules are adjusted ONLY for Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
- Christmas: Schedules are changed only when the holiday falls on a scheduled collection day. There will be no disruption for Christmas Day.
- 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 630city.coj.net.
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, all solid waste will be collected on the following day.
Question? Email info@coab.us or visit www.coab.us/solidwaste.
St. Johns County
Garbage and recycling collection schedules will not be delayed for Christmas holidays. The Tillman Ridge and Stratton Road solid waste scale houses will close on Dec. 25 and resume standard business hours on Dec. 27.
All departments of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners and administrative offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 24, and Monday, Dec. 27, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Offices will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, Dec. 28.
Two service providers collect solid waste in St. Johns County: Advanced Disposal and Republic Services.
Here is their holiday schedule information:
Advanced Disposal
There will be no service on 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.
Republic Services
There will be no collection on Christmas or New Year’s Day.
Service will run one day late. 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.
Clay County
For the residents of unincorporated Clay County and the city of Keystone Heights, the Christmas and New Year’s holidays won’t affect waste collection because collection only occurs Monday through Friday.
Make sure to have your trash/recycling at the road by 6 a.m. on your normal collection day.
Advanced Disposal
There will be no pickup service on 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.
To sign up for service alerts, click here.
Green Cove Springs
Christmas: No pick up on Thursday, Dec. 23 or Friday, Dec. 24. Trash and recycling pick up service will resume on Monday, Dec. 27.
New Year’s Day 2022: No pick up on Friday, Dec. 31. All Services will resume Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.
For more Green Cove Springs information, click here.
Nassau County
There will be no pickup on Christmas or New Year’s Day.
If one of these holidays falls on a regularly scheduled collection day, all solid waste will be collected on the following day excluding Sunday.
To sign up for service alerts, click here.
Flagler County
This year, both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on a Saturday so there will be no schedule adjustments for garbage collection on those two holidays.
For more information, click here.
Bunnell
Christmas Week: Service will run as normal Monday-Thursday. On Dec. 24, Friday commercial and Grand Reserve garbage will be done like normal. There is no service on Christmas Day. The next residential garbage service day will be the following Monday.
New Year’s Week: Service will run as normal Monday-Thursday. On Dec. 31, Friday commercial and Grand Reserve garbage will be done like normal. There is no service on New Year’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 1.
Flagler Beach
No change on holidays.
Putnam County
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas are county and Waste Pro holidays.
If your pickup day falls on one of these days, the next day will be your pickup day.
All other pickups that week will fall back one day. (Example: Monday to Tuesday, Tuesday to Wednesday, Wednesday to Thursday, Thursday to Friday, and Friday to Saturday for the remainder of that week only.)
For more information, click here.
Baker County
The county is serviced by Advanced Disposal.
There will be no pickup service on 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.
Macclenny
When your scheduled pickup day falls on a holiday, your pickup will generally occur the following day.
For more information on Macclenny’s new garbage services, click here.
Bradford County
The county is serviced by Advanced Disposal.
There will be no pickup service on 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 county and Waste Pro holidays.
Garbage collection on these days will be made up with collection falling one day later.
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 Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Union County
WCA, a GFL company, collects garbage in Lake Butler as GFL Environmental.
WCA observes the following holidays: 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. 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.
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 pickups will be delayed by one (business) day that week. Collection will return to normal the following week.
For more information, click here.
Camden County
There will be no pickup on the following Holidays:
- Saturday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day
- Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, New Year’s Day
If your regularly scheduled service falls on a holiday, service will occur on the following day. Service will continue to be a day behind for the rest of the week.
The following 2021 holidays will be observed with uninterrupted service:
- Friday, Nov. 26, Day After Thanksgiving
- Friday and Monday, Dec. 24 & 27, Christmas Eve
- Friday, Dec. 31 New Year’s Eve
For more information, click here.
Charlton County
The county is serviced by Advanced Disposal.
There will be no pickup service on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.
If regularly scheduled services fall on a holiday, service will occur the following day, excluding Sundays.
For more information, click here.
Folkston
The city of Folkston will not collect garbage on Christmas or New Year’s Day.
For those weeks, normal pickups for anyone with pickup on the holiday will be a day late.
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.
Contact Customer Service at 912-554-7111 if you have any questions about holiday schedule or to report a missed pick up of household garbage, recycling, or yard debris.
Holidays include:
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
For more information, click here.
Ware County
The county is serviced by Southland Waste Systems for curbside collection.
Service will not take place on Christmas or New Year’s Day, and services will be on a one-day delay for the rest of the week.
For example, if a holiday is on Thursday and your service day is Friday, you will be collected on Saturday.
For more information, call 912-284-1000.
Waycross
Waycross is serviced by Republic Services.
There will be no collection on Christmas or 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 now serviced by Republic Services.
There will be no collection on Christmas Day.
For specifics on your service area, enter your address in the search at https://www.republicservices.com/schedule.