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Holiday Collection Schedule

The City of Portland will not collect trash and recycling on Christmas and New Year's Day. If your normal collection day is Wednesday, your trash & recycling will be collected on Saturday, December 28, 2019 and Saturday, January 4, 2020

New Year's Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Monday, January 20, 2020
No Change in Collection
Presidents' Day: Monday, February 17, 2020
No Change in Collection
Patriots' Day: Monday, April 20, 2020
No Change in Collection
Memorial Day: Monday, May 25, 2020
No Change in Collection
Independence Day: Saturday, July 4, 2020
No Change in Collection
**Riverside Recycling Closed - Hazardous Waste Collection Cancelled for July**
Labor Day: Monday, September 7, 2020
No Change in Collection
Indigenous Peoples' Day: Monday, October 12, 2020
No Change in Collection
Veterans Day: Wednesday, November 11, 2020
No Change in Collection
Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, November 26, 2020
Saturday, November 28, 2020
Day After Thanksgiving: Friday, November 27, 2020
No Change in Collection
Christmas Eve Day: Thursday, December 24, 2020
No Change in Collection
Christmas Day: Friday, December 25, 2020
Saturday, December 26, 2020
New Year's Day: Friday , January 1, 2021
Saturday, January 2, 2020

CHRISTMAS TREE DROP OFF & COLLECTION Christmas trees can be dropped off at the following locations during the month of January:

Cutter Street Parking Lot - Eastern Prom (upper lot on right, not sliding hill lot)
Payson Park - Salt Shed Area by the little league area.
Trees dropped off at any of these locations will be taken to Riverside Recycling and chipped up.

Christmas trees can also be left for curbside collection on your normal trash day during the month of January. Trees collected curbside will be co-mingled with trash and taken to ecomaine.

Please remember that wrapping paper IS recyclable, but bubble wrap and styrofoam packaging is NOT. For more holiday recycling tips, visit ecomaine.org

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