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DeKalb trash pickup gets pushed back for Christmas holiday

Trash pickup will be pushed back a day in DeKalb County for the Christmas holiday.

Credit: Brant Sanderlin/AJC

Credit: Brant Sanderlin/AJC

Trash pickup will be pushed back a day in DeKalb County for the Christmas holiday.
By Raisa Habersham
Dec 19, 2018

Trash day for most DeKalb residents will be pushed back for the Christmas holiday.

The county announced a revised sanitation scheduled to take effect Wednesday, Dec. 26.

Residents scheduled for sanitation services on Monday will still receive them Christmas Eve.

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Here is the revised schedule:

• Tuesday, Dec. 25 – Christmas Day observed; no collection service.

• Wednesday, Dec. 26 – Residential customers whose regularly scheduled collection day is Tuesday, Dec. 25, will be serviced on Wednesday, Dec. 26.

• Thursday, Dec. 27 – Residential customers whose regularly scheduled collection day is Wednesday, Dec. 26, will be serviced on Thursday, Dec. 27.

• Friday, Dec. 28 – Residential customers whose regularly scheduled collection day is Thursday, Dec. 27, will be serviced on Friday, Dec. 28.

The Sanitation Division’s administrative office, North Transfer Station and Seminole Road Landfill will be closed on Christmas Day and will reopen Wednesday, Dec. 26 during normal operating hours.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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