NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

City of Houston 

Mark Wilfalk, Director
Solid Waste Management Dept.

John Whitmire, Mayor
City of Houston

Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD)
Collection and Facility Schedule for
Juneteenth and Independence Day Holidays 2024

HOUSTON – June 7, 2024: In observance of the City of Houston’s approved holiday schedule for Juneteenth and Independence Day, the curbside collection service schedules will be modified. Please note the changes to residential schedules listed below:

JUNETEENTH — Wednesday, June 19, 2024

CITY HOLIDAY: There will be no curbside collections and all SWMD facilities will be closed. Storm debris collections will continue to be collected.

Thursday, June 20, 2024

All SWMD facilities will reopen and the collection schedule will return to normal.

INDEPENDENCE DAY — Thursday, July 4, 2024

CITY HOLIDAY: There will be no curbside collections and all SWMD facilities will be closed. Storm debris collections will continue to be collected.

Friday, July 5, 2024

All SWMD facilities will reopen. Thursday’s garbage, yard waste, bulk waste, tree waste, and curbside recycling will be collected.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Friday’s garbage, yard waste, bulk waste, tree waste, and curbside recycling will be collected.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Collection schedule will return to normal.

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AB OUT HOUSTON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT

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