Press Release for Immediate Release December 1, 2005 Winter Holiday Trash and Recycling Collection Schedule Announced (Washington, DC) The following is the holiday schedule for Department of Public Works (DPW) services through the beginning of 2006. Please note that when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday is observed by the government on the following Monday. Christmas 2005 Christmas Day will be observed officially on Monday, December 26. District government offices will be closed and most services suspended, including DPW trash and recyclables collection, street cleaning, parking enforcement and towing. All services will resume on Tuesday, December 27. Trash and recyclables collection will slide one day for the remainder of the week in Supercan areas. In twice-weekly collection areas, service will slide on Tuesday and Wednesday, with normal collections on Thursday and Friday. New Year’s Day 2006 New Year’s Day 2006 will be observed on Monday, January 2, 2006. District government offices will be closed and most services suspended, including DPW trash and recyclables collection, street cleaning, parking enforcement and towing. All services will resume on Tuesday, January 3. Trash and recyclables collection will slide one day for the remainder of the week in Supercan areas. In twice-weekly collection areas, service will slide on Tuesday and Wednesday, with normal collections on Thursday and Friday. Additionally, residents should mark their calendars for the annual holiday tree collection and the winter street sweeping hiatus. Holiday Tree Collection – January 3 - 14, 2006 Residents who receive DC trash collection service are encouraged to put holiday trees – without ornaments or tinsel – in curbside tree boxes by January 2, 2006. Trees will be picked up during a special two-week collection from January 3 – 14. Residents who wish to keep their trees longer should put them out at their normal point of trash collection (curbside or alley) after January 14. DPW will then collect the trees along with the regular trash, as truck space permits over the following weeks. Winter Street-Sweeping Hiatus – January 9 - March 17, 2006 Routine residential street cleaning is suspended from January 9 to March 17, 2006. During this time, “No Parking/Street Cleaning” restrictions will be lifted. Residents and visitors who park along posted, alternate-side, daytime street sweeping routes will not be required to move their cars on street-sweeping days during the sweeper hiatus. Residential street cleaning resumes Monday, March 20, 2006.