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Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Friday, December 30 and Monday, January 2 in observance of the New Year’s holiday.  The Solid Waste Division will also be closed on Monday January 2 to allow for staff to be given the holiday off from work. Please note that the solid waste collection schedule will be altered, and limited services will still be completed, such as litter pick up and commercial solid waste/recycling collections.

The residential solid waste collection schedule is as follows: 

• Yard waste collections will be suspended through Wednesday, January 4. We will return to normal brush services on January 11.
• Tuesday, January 3 – Monday’s residential trash route
• Wednesday, January 4 – Tuesday’s residential trash route
• Thursday, January 5 – Return to normal operations

In the interim, residents may divert recyclables by using our free drop off recycling locations (listed below):

• 601 Riberia Street - end of Riberia by Solid Waste Department and Waste Water Plant.
• North City – by the Las Palmas condos on San Marco.
• Red Cox Drive - by the Soccer Field, behind RB Hunt Elementary School

As a reminder,  City of St. Augustine Solid Waste Customers may place real, unadorned holiday trees curbside on Wednesdays, starting January 11, during vegetative/yard waste collection. 

The free park and ride shuttle will operate through Friday, December 30 from 1:00pm – 11:00pm.  Please note, it will not operate on New Year’s Eve (Saturday, December 31). Riders may park at the Broudy’s Lot (corner of US 1 and W. King, 212 W. King St.), and will be dropped off/ picked up at the Visitor Information Center, 10 S. Castillo Dr.   

Questions about waste pickup and additional information may be directed to the City's Solid Waste Division at 904.825.1049, Monday-Friday, during normal business hours; or contact Todd Grant, Utilities Director at 904-315-8499 or via email. For information regarding collections services for St. Johns County, please call 904-827-6980.  For information regarding collection service for St. Augustine Beach, please call 904-471-1119.

Media inquiries should be directed to Melissa Wissel, Communications Director, at 904.293.3307 or via email.

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