Trash and recycling?

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

I've been looking around on a couple of town websites, and they're well-nigh impossible to navigate. Is there any information available about when trash and recycling are going out this week, since tuesday is a holiday?

Edit: I have sufficient information now. Thank you.

Comments

[georgy.livejournal.com]

It's typically a day later.

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

yes, when the holiday falls on a monday. in this instance i'm not sure that's the case.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

The website says "a day later on holiday weeks".

Well, there's not going to be any pickup on Tuesday. That's a no-brainer. So Tuesday and onward will be a day late.

It seems likely to me that there will be pickup on Monday; it's not a state holiday or anything.

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

which website, and how do i find that section? i'm not questioning you, i just had a hell of a time trying to do a search on the sites i found and it would be nice to find that sort of thing in the future.

and thank you!

[readsalot.livejournal.com]

On the Recycling page of the City of Somerville website, at http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/section.cfm?org=Environ&page=108 (http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/section.cfm?org=Environ&page=108).

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

thank you.

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/ is the city's website. It contains all of the city's press releases, and an assortment of other information, sometimes helpful.

The city website has most things eventually, but it is a pain to search. I usually end up clicking on links for a while and not trying to search at all.

The new "most frequently requested links" list is helpful. Therein I found:
http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/Works.cfm?page=28
which on the sidebar has a link to "curbside recycling pickup", which led to the page:
http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/section.cfm?org=Environ&page=108
which contains the phrase:

"Holiday weeks: your trash/recycling will be picked up one day after your regularly scheduled trash day."

But honestly, I just poked around on the webpage until I found something that confirmed my first suspicions, which was "no trash pickup on state holidays, and the rest of the week's pickup is bumped forward."

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

fantastic! thank you. i'd found that website and went pretty much immediately to search engine. so i probably gave up a little too quickly, then - good to know for future dealings with this one.

One Day Late after July 4

[lena-a-mermaid.livejournal.com]

If your trash day is Monday it will be Monday
If your trash day is Tuesday it will be Wednesday
If your trash day is Wednesday it will be Thursday
etc.

If you can't find it on the website and you don't believe the people telling you this, then on Monday call 311 and ask them. That is why they are there.

http://crm.4gov.net/SOMERVILLEMA/supportkbitem.asp?sSessionID=&Inc=5274&sFilA=Categories&sFilB=&sFilC=&FA=-1&FB=-1&FC=-1 (http://crm.4gov.net/SOMERVILLEMA/supportkbitem.asp?sSessionID=&Inc=5274&sFilA=Categories&sFilB=&sFilC=&FA=-1&FB=-1&FC=-1)

This page on the website tells you that July 4 causes a one day delay in trash pickup.

If you don't know what 311 service is this page on the website tells you.
http://crm.4gov.net/SOMERVILLEMA/ (http://crm.4gov.net/SOMERVILLEMA/)

Re: One Day Late after July 4

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

it's not that i disbelieve the people telling me this, it was a matter of the holiday falling on a day that is later than monday. thus i wasn't certain of it being the usual "it's a day later" concept.

i couldn't find it on either of the websites i found. thus far, no one has answered my question of how to look for it, which truly is not an attempt to find out for myself because i don't believe them. i'm at a loss as to how to use their search engines, and since other people clearly have that capability, i don't think it's unreasonable to ask about it.

i didn't know about 311. thank you for telling me.

Re: One Day Late after July 4

[lena-a-mermaid.livejournal.com]

See the first link in my reply. It tells you that July 4 is included as a non Monday holiday.

Re: One Day Late after July 4

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

i believe you. i was using past tense in "i was uncertain" because i'm not anymore.

[warlord-mit.livejournal.com]

I called the DPW on Friday. Monday is a normal trash day. Tuesday is a holiday, so "Tuesday and later" will be affected.

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

okay. thank you.

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

I know no one will see this but I want to bitch. 311 told me Monday wouldn't be a trash day. They were apparently wrong. Grr.

[ayalanya.livejournal.com]

gah, that sucks. many sympathies.