City Holiday Good Friday: April 10, 2020

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Make-up Trash/Recycling Collection Day will be
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) Acting Director Matthew W. Garbark reminds Baltimore City residents that Good Friday, April 10, 2020, is a City holiday.

There will be no trash or recycling collections on Good Friday. Trash and recycling collections, normally scheduled for April 10, will be collected on the make-up day, Saturday, April 11.

The Quarantine Road Landfill and the Northwest Transfer Station will be CLOSED on Good Friday, April 10. 

Several DPW services and centers remain suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For information on suspended DPW services, and other updates, please visit https://publicworks.baltimorecity.gov/covid-19

 

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