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Municipal Offices Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday; 1-day Delay for Trash/Compost/Recycling Collection

Archived News Release: November 19, 2015 - ​There will be no trash, recycling or compost collection services in the City of Ann Arbor on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26. The normal Thursday pickups will occur on Friday, and the normal Friday routes will be serviced on Saturday, Nov. 28, this week only.

Ann Arbor municipal offices, including the customer service center at Larcom City Hall and the 15th Judicial District Court, will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27. Safety services and utility operations will maintain 24-hour schedules throughout.

The seasonal curbside pickups of compostable materials will end for the growing season on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Ann Arbor's compost collection provides an opportunity for pickup of fall leaves and other yard debris that have been placed on lawn extensions in paper bags or compost carts or tied into brush bundles, as described online at a2gov.org/compost.

Recycle Ann Arbor's Drop-off Station at 2950 E. Ellsworth Road will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26. The Drop-off station is regularly open weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more information on solid waste, recycling and compost please visit a2gov.org/recycle.​

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Media Contact Information

Robert Kellar
Communications Specialist
734.794.6000 ext. 41524
[email protected]


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