Upcoming Holidays observed by Pullman Disposal Service:

• Thanksgiving, November 22nd, 2007 (Thurs)
• Christmas, December 25th, 2007 (Tuesday)
• New Year's Day, January 1st, 2008
• Memorial Day, May 28th, 2008
• July 4th, 2008 (Friday): Pick-ups for this day will be made Monday, July 7th

We will not be making collections on the above holidays.  Collections for these holidays will be made the following day.  All other days will have normal collection schedules.  Commercial collections may be unaffected by the holiday schedule.

For specific information on a holiday schedule you may call us at 334-1914.  There will be a recording with information if you call after business hours.

Pullman Disposal Service observes the following holidays:

1. New year's Day
2. Memorial Day
3. Independence Day (The Fourth of July)
4. Thanksgiving Day
5. Christmas Day

Collections Delayed on Holidays:                                                                                                      Garbage and recycling pickups for residential customers are delayed until the following business day.  No other day's collections are effected.  Thus if you have your trash collected on a Thursday, your trash will not be collected on Thanksgiving Day; rather it will be collected on the day after Thanksgiving.  Also if your trash is collected on Friday normally, it will be collected on Friday right after Thanksgiving.  That is, your trash collection schedule will be affected only if your trash is to be collected on the day that one of the above five holidays is observed.

Holidays on Weekends:                                                                                                                             We observe the above holidays on the day that they are observed nationally.  That is, if Christmas falls on a Saturday and the holiday is observed the day before (Friday),   we also observe that Friday.  Your trash would be collected the next business day which, in this case, would be the following Monday.

Labor Day Observance:                                                                                                                           Our office is closed on Labor Day, but our residential collection routes are run.  We must collect on Labor Day because of the very high level of trash output at this time of year.  Our workers are given a floating holiday in honor of Labor Day.  They can use the floating holiday later on when garbage output is not so high.

Commercial Garbage Collection Exception:                                                                                         All of our routes (trash collection, curbside and apartment recycling, cardboard collection, yardwaste collection, and medical waste collection) are not run on these holidays except for some commercial trash collection on occasion.  Some of our front-loading garbage dumpsters may be collected a little before, on, or a little after the officially observed holiday in order help ease the disruptions caused by the holiday collection schedule.

Recycling Center Schedule:                                                                                                                  The recycling center is normally open for Aluminum Can buyback on Wednesdays [4:30 to 5:30] and Saturdays [1:00 to 4:00].  The recycling center is closed  if either Independence Day,  Christmas, or New Year's Day fall on Wednesday or Saturday.  It is also closed if one of the observed holidays fall on Thursday or Sunday; for example, the recycling center will be closed on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as Thanksgiving falls on Thursday.