Holiday Pick Up Schedule

  1. 2023 Holiday Trash/Recycling
Date Holiday Collection
Week of January 2, 2023 New Year's Day (observed) No pickup Monday.
All routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
January 16, 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Regular service
Week of February 20, 2023 Presidents' Day No pickup Monday.
All routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
Week of May 29, 2023 Memorial Day No pickup Monday.
All routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
July 4-7, 2023 Independence Day No pickup on Tuesday.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
Week of September 4, 2023 Labor Day No pickup Monday.
All routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
Thursday, November 23, 2023 Thanksgiving Day No pickup.
Thursday routes will be picked up on Monday, November 27.
November 27-December 1, 2023 Week after Thanksgiving All routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
December 25-29, 2023 Christmas No pickup Monday.
All routes picked up one day later than usual all week.
Holiday Solid Waste Pick Up Guide
Before a Holiday
If your regular collection day falls before the holiday in a calendar week, your trash will be collected on your regular day.

On or After the Holiday
If your regular collection day falls on or after the holiday in a calendar week, your trash will be collected one day later than usual.

Sunday
When a holiday falls on a Sunday, all trash collection for the following week will be collected one day later than usual.

Thanksgiving
For the Thanksgiving holiday, Thursday’s routes will be collected both Monday and Friday the week after Thanksgiving; all other routes the week after Thanksgiving will be collected one day later than usual.

Additional Information
Holiday pick-up schedule information is distributed as a press release to or available at the following:
Radio Stations
  • KCJJ
  • KRNA
  • KXIC
Newspapers
  • Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Gazette
  • Community News Advertiser
  • Daily Iowan
  • Iowa City Press-Citizen
TV Stations
  • KCRG
  • KGAN