A2 Holiday Information: Municipal Offices & Solid Waste Collections Schedules + Christmas Tree Disposal
Ann Arbor Municipal Center offices and the 15th District Court will be closed for the holidays on Wednesday, Dec. 24, and Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 (Christmas Eve and Day), as well as Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, and Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026 (New Year’s Eve and Day). Safety services and utility operations will maintain 24-hour schedules throughout.
Residential curbside trash and recycling collections will not take place on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, or Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Instead, collections will be shifted by one day both weeks, meaning pickups will occur on Friday and Saturday both weeks.
In January 2026, the city will again offer once-monthly pickup of compost carts throughout the winter. Compost cart pickup will take place during the weeks of Jan. 5, Feb. 2 and March 2, 2026. Regular weekly pickup of compost carts and yard bags will resume in April 2026.
Christmas tree disposal information
The City of Ann Arbor will once again provide drop-off disposal locations for undecorated Christmas trees through Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. No wreaths, garland, tree stands, lights or decorations are accepted. The four free drop-off locations, all at city parks, will be open for Christmas tree drop offs during normal park hours, 6 a.m.–10 p.m. The collected trees will be chipped on a regular basis at the park sites. The drop-off locations are:
- Bicentennial Park (formerly Southeast Area Park) located on Ellsworth at Platt. Trees may be left at the dirt lot north of the basketball courts.
- West Park parking lot off Chapin near West Huron Street
- Gallup boat launch parking lot (not the Gallup livery), entrance is on the southeast side of Geddes Road, east of Huron Parkway
- Olson Park parking lot, 1515 Dhu Varren Road, near Pontiac Trail
Trees must have all tree stands, nails, lights, ornaments, tinsel and plastic items removed before drop off. The collected Christmas trees are chipped into mulch or composted. Any lights, metal, glass or plastic ornaments left on the tree can ruin the processing equipment, spoil the landscaping mulch and compost and harm the operators. Since wreaths and evergreen roping (garland) are generally made with wire or plastic backing, these items should be discarded by placing inside trash carts.
After Jan. 19, 2026, Christmas tree branches, less than 6 inches in diameter, can be cut and placed in compost carts for monthly winter compost service or saved for regular curbside compost service, which resumes in April 2026. For more information on composting, visit www.a2gov.org/compost.
Find details on trash, recycling and compost at www.a2gov.org/solidwaste.
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Media Contact:
Robert Kellar, Communications Specialist, rkellar@a2gov.org | 734.794.6000 ext. 41524