Veterans' Day trash pickup?

[noire.livejournal.com]

For those who usually have a Tuesday trash pick up, is the pick up Wednesday? That seems most reasonable but I can't find it on the city website...

Thanks!

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Looks like it is delayed (http://faqs.somervillema.intelligovsoftware.com/DPWTq1.aspx)

(Ha! I beat Ron to it!)

[ron_newman]

Not something I keep track of, actually, since in a 50-unit apartment building, this is the landlord's responsibility.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Oh, I just looked it up when I saw the question posted.

I suppose I should track such things, but I don't. AFAIK, the city never tickets people who put out trash a day early due to a holiday delay, so I don't worry too much about sometimes being wrong.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Apparently they'll gleefully ticket the wrong address, though. My landlord got a ticket for the address "7-9 [my street]" for $50, because somebody put trash out without a container.

7 & 9 are two entire separate houses on my street.

[noire.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

By delayed, does that mean until Wednesday?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

From the City's Trash FAQ:

Question:
Which holidays will cause trash and recycling pickup to be delayed?

Answer:
January 1 New Year's
January 21 Martin Luther King
February 18 Presidents'
April 21 Patriot's
May 26 Memorial
July 4 Independence
September 1 Labor
October 13 Columbus
November 11 Veterans'
November 27 Thanksgiving
November 28 Thanksgiving Friday
December 25 Christmas

[noire.livejournal.com]

Thank you--useful to have...

[ron_newman]

I don't understand how that works for Thanksgiving weekend. Thursday and Friday pickups both delayed until Saturday? Thursday delayed to Saturday, Friday delayed to Sunday?

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

I've never really understood how the system rights itself over the weekend because I don't remember ever seeing trash picked up on a weekend. (I don't think I've ever lived where there was a Friday trash pickup.)

Do the trash collectors who get a day off on Tuesday have to pick up trash on Saturday instead? Or do they hire part-time workers for the weekend? Or do they have a double collection one day during the week?

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

Sure as heck beats the system they have in Schenectady NY, where when there's a holiday, EVERYONE'S garbage day gets rotated by a day. On Thanksgiving, it gets shifted by two days. It's on that day until the next holiday shifts things.

Everyone needed a special calendar that the city gave out to keep track of when garbage was... blech.