Media Release

Thanksgiving Waste Collection

Monday, November 22, 2010 4:40 PM

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The Thanksgiving holiday will not affect curbside residential solid waste and recycling collection services scheduled for Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday in the Alachua County curbside collection area.  Thursday services will be delayed one day. For Thanksgiving week, Thursday’s collection will occur on Friday. The regular collection schedule will resume on Monday, November 29, 2010.

The five Alachua County Rural Collection Centers and the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.  These facilities will re-open on Friday, November 26, 2010.  The Hazardous Waste Center at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park will be closed on Thursday and Friday.  It will
re-open on Saturday November 27th.  The Office of Waste collection will be closed on Thursday and Friday.  It will reopen on Monday, November 29th.

For more information, contact Milton Towns, Waste Collection Manager, Alachua County Office of Waste Collection at 352-338-3233.

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Contact

If you have a disability and need an accommodation in order to participate in a County program, service or public meeting, please contact the Alachua County Equal Opportunity Office at 352-374-5275 at least 2 business days prior to the event. TTY users please call 711 (Florida Relay Service).

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