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 Friday, your trash & recycling will be collected on Saturday, December 26, 2020 and Saturday, January 2, 2021.

UPDATE POSTED DECEMBER 7, 2020  

PLEASE HAVE TRASH & RECYCLING CURBSIDE BY 6:30 AM FOR EFFICIENCY
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IL ANY HOLIDAY COLLECTION QUESTIONS TO:  SOLIDWASTE@PORTLANDMAINE.GOV

HOLIDAY COLLECTION OF TRASH & RECYCLING WILL RESUME: 


Christmas Eve Day:  Thursday, December 24, 2020
NO CHANGE:  TRASH AND RECYCLING WILL BE COLLECTED. 

Christmas Day:  Friday, December 25, 2020
CHANGE:  Trash & Recycling Collection will occur on Saturday, December 26, 2020

New Year's Day: Friday, January 1, 2021
CHANGE:  Trash & Recycling Collection will occur on Saturday, January 2, 2021

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 18, 2021
NO CHANGE:  TRASH AND RECYCLING WILL BE COLLECTED 
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New Year's Day:  Friday, January 1, 2021
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:  Monday, January 18, 2021
No Change in Collection
Presidents' Day:  Monday, February 15, 2021
No Change in Collection
Patriots' Day:  Monday, April 19, 2021
No Change in Collection 
Memorial Day:  Monday, May 31, 2021
No Change in Collection
Independence Day:  Monday, July 5, 2021
No Change in Collection
Labor Day:  Monday, September 6, 2021
No Change in Collection
 Indigenous Peoples' Day: Monday, October 11, 2021
No Change in Collection. 
Veterans Day:  Thursday, November 11, 2021
No Change in Collection. 
Thanksgiving Day:  Thursday,  November 25, 2021
Saturday, November 27, 2021 Make-up collection day.  
Day After Thanksgiving:  Friday, November 26, 2021
No Change in Collection.  

Christmas Day: Friday, December 24, 2021
New Year's Day: Friday, December 31, 2021


Riverside Recycling has silver-bullet drop off containers, please follow the recycling do's and don'ts. We will not be collecting extra cardboard from beside the recycle carts, it's helpful to break down any boxes to save space. 

xmas treesCHRISTMAS 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 

All weekly trash and recycling collection is subject to change due to city holidays, construction, special events, inclement weather, and natural disasters. Future updates will be posted on the News page as well on our social media channels. 

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