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CITY CREWS WILL COLLECT TRASH & RECYCLING ON MEMORIAL DAY! (5/3/2013)
Beginning on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, the City of Portland’s Solid Waste crews will collect trash and recycling on most holidays.
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Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plan Tier III Update Final Report (5/2/2013)
The City of Portland has received DEP Approval for the Final CSO Control Plan for Tier III. We want to alert you to the fact that City Council will take up the Bond Authorization for implementing the CSO Tier III program at their May 6 and May 20 City Council meetings. An order will be before the City Council to authorize $170,000,000 in sewer bonds for the construction of the projects called for in the Tier III Plan. May 6 will serve as the first read but also a public hearing. May 20 will be the final read and vote on the authorization. To view the full document please
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E-card Changes at Riverside Recycling Facility (6/16/2009)
Beginning July 1, 2009, there will be changes to the City e-card program at Riverside Recycling Facility. These include:
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Find Your Trash and Recycling Day (2/23/2007)
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holiday trash collection schedule
Beginning on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27, 2013, the City of Portland’s
Solid Waste crews will collect trash and recycling on most holidays.
If your trash and recycling
would normally be collected on: |
It will be collected on: |
Memorial Day:
Monday, May 27, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
Independence Day:
Thursday, July 4, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
Labor Day:
Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
Columbus Day:
Monday, Oct 14, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
Veterans Day:
Friday, Nov. 11, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
*Thanksgiving Day:
Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013 |
NO COLLECTION |
*Thanksgiving Friday:
Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 |
NO COLLECTION |
Christmas Eve Day:
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
*Christmas Day:
Wednesday, Dec 25, 2013 |
Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 |
|
New Year’s Day:
Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 |
NO CHANGE IN SCHEDULE |
Martin Luther King Day
Monday, January 21, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN COLLECTION |
Presidents Day
Monday, February 18, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN COLLECTION |
Patriots Day
Monday,
April 15, 2013 |
NO CHANGE IN COLLECTION |
|
* DENOTES CHANGES IN SCHEDULE |
There will be two exceptions in 2013.
- Those who have collection regularly scheduled on the Thanksgiving
holiday
(Thursday and Friday), will have no collection that week.
- Those who have collection regularly scheduled on Christmas Day
(Wednesday,
December 25, 2013), will have their trash & recycling collected on the
Saturday
after Christmas, December 28, 2013.
During the rest of the holidays, Public Services Solid Waste crews will
be working to
collect your trash and recycling as regularly scheduled.
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