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Holiday Schedule

ACI observes the following holidays:

  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas
  • New Year’s Day

Customers may experience a delay in service when one of the holidays listed above falls on a weekday. During the Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s Day holiday week, service preceding the holiday is unaffected. Customers whose regular service day falls on the holiday or after, however, will receive service a day late. For example, during Thanksgiving week, only customers with Thursday and Friday service are affected. Thursday customers will have their containers serviced on Friday. Friday customers will have their containers serviced on Saturday. Please click here for a Holiday Collection Schedule Chart.

No-Charge Holiday Tree Collection For Single Family Residents

On regular service days from the first working day after December 25 through the end of the last working day in January. ACI will collect trees from the curb. Collection will be done using a special truck that may service your block much earlier or much later than our regular trucks. Please remove all lights, decorations, tinsel and the tree stand before placing your tree out next to your carts. Trees over 6-feet tall should be cut in half. Please do not place the tree in any type of plastic wrap or bag. Small trees may be placed inside your organics cart if you prefer; just be sure to cut it into small pieces that won’t get stuck in the cart, and make sure the lid will fully close.

  • Flocked trees are accepted, but will not be composted
  • Artificial trees are not accepted and belong in the garbage. Please contact us for collection options.

No-Charge Holiday Tree Collection For Multi-Family Complexes and Commercial Customers

ACI will collect holiday trees from Multi-Family complexes and Commercial customers during the month of January. Clean green trees will be composted.

Complexes with centralized collection services can designate a collection are for trees during the month of January. The area must be agreed upon by ACI personnel. Contact us to arrange an appointment.

Click here to download a flyer you can use to let your residents/tenants know where to place their trees.

PLEASE REMEMBER:

  • Make sure stands, lights, and decorations have been removed.
  • Trees should not be bagged or wrapped.
  • Flocked trees are accepted, but will not be composted.
  • Artificial trees are not accepted and belong in the garbage. Contact us for collection options.
  • Please make sure access to your collection containers is not blocked.

Please Note that Boy Scout Troop 11 is hosting its own Annual Christmas Tree Pick Up.
To support the Scouts with a donation and/or to signup for their tree pickup, please click here.

PLEASE NOTE: On Call Clean Up Program appointments are not available during the first two weeks of January each year.

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Planning your own event? Click here to review our Guide to Reducing Waste at Community Events. Click here for our Special Event Collection Rates.

 

Questions? Contact us for assistance.