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DeKalb Announces Christmas and New Year’s Residential Sanitation Collection Schedule

Dec 17, 2025 - 7:13 PM
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Collection service to run one day late for Thursday customers 

In observance of Christmas Day on Thursday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day on Thursday, Jan. 1, sanitation service for residential customers will be based on a revised holiday schedule as follows:

Monday, Dec. 22, and Monday, Dec. 29 – No change in collection service.

Tuesday, Dec. 23, and Tuesday, Dec. 30  No change in collection service.

Wednesday, Dec. 24, and Wednesday, Dec. 31  No change in collection service.

Thursday, Dec. 25, and Thursday, Jan. 1 – Christmas Day and New Year’s Day observed. No collection service.

Friday, Dec. 26, and Friday, Jan. 2 – Residential customers whose regularly scheduled collection days are Thursday, Dec. 25, and Thursday, Jan. 1, will be serviced on Friday, Dec. 26, and Friday, Jan. 2.

The Seminole Road Landfill, Central and North Transfer Stations, Customer Care call center and administration building will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 25, and Thursday, Jan. 1, resuming service on Friday, Dec. 26, and Friday, Jan. 2, during normal operating hours. 

For more information, contact the Sanitation Division’s Customer Care team at 404-294-2900 or sanitation@dekalbcountyga.gov, visit www.dekalbsanitation.com, or follow @DKalbSanitation on X.

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